The top two 2008 fundraisers will receive beautiful women's road bikes compliments of Gran Fondo Cycles and Orbea. The Orbea models to be offered as prizes are the Aqua Dama TDI - a beautiful women's specific bicycle outfitted with Campagnolo Mirage, retailing at $1,599.

The Aqua Dama uses the same hydroforming technology as the men’s model, but the similarities end there. Orbea’s engineers tailor the design, tubing specs and geometry to create a performance bike that will fit women like…well, like it was made for them. To accommodate more women then ever before Orbea has added a 46cm frame with 650c wheels to retain the performance feel Orbea Damas are known for. Prizewinners will be measured for the perfect fit bicycle at Gran Fondo Cycles and will be provided an Aqua Dama in the size perfect for them.

Further specifics on the bicycle:

 

Place	Donor Company and/or Individual	Item Donated	Winner	Value
1	Orbea and Gran Fondo Cycles	Orbea Onix Dama	Shirley Fuller Cooper	$2,399
2	Orbea and Gran Fondo Cycles	Orbea Onix Dama	Elisha Zander	$2,399
3	ExteOndo and Gran Fondo Cycles	Sanon Jersey and Matching Shorts	Melinda Scruggs Gales	$275
4	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Jo Piland	$100
5	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Cynthia O'Toole	$100
6	Gran Fondo Cycles	Pink My Ride Kit	(Irene) Nolen Clark	$145
7	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Susan Knox	$100
8	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Sharon Bayler	$100
9	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Heather Stacey	$100
10	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Lindsey Khim	$100
11	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Liz Leedle	$100
12	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Martha & Bobby Poston	$100
13	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Emily Magli	$100
14	Gran Fondo Cycles	$100 Gift Certificate	Vicky Logan	$100
15	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Tracey Jernigan	$120
16	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Jessica Underhill	$120
17	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Kimberly Fabel	$120
18	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Becky Pommer-Jones	$120
19	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Debbie Brock	$120
20	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Sarah Moore	$120
21	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Catherine Sullivan	$120
22	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Karen Wabby	$120
23	Louis Garneau and Gran Fondo Cycles	Gift Certificate for Cycling Helmet	Diane Vance	$120
24	Continental	1 set of Continental Gatorskin folding tires  700 x 25 (2 tires and 2 tubes)	Cynthia Wall	$100
25	Health & Stress Management, Inc.	Meridian Stress Assessment	Linda Davis	$125
26	John Minton, LMT	1 Hour Massage Session	Leigh Ann Hale	$80
27	Fizik	Fizik Vitesse CP Saddle	Don Eagon	$80
28	John Minton, LMT	1 Hour Massage Session	Steve Eagon	$80
29	Fizik	Fizik Vitesse CP Saddle	Sharon Smith	$80
30	John Minton, LMT	1 Hour Massage Session	Alice Forrester	$80
31	Starbucks Coffee	Gift Basket of Coffee, Mugs, Gift Card, etc.	Lisa Nacarato	$75
32	John Minton, LMT	1 Hour Massage Session	Temisha Jones	$80
33	Tifosi	Tifosi Envy Sunglasses	Holly Shelton	$60
34	Tifosi	Tifosi Envy Sunglasses	Janine Swinford	$60
35	Tifosi	Tifosi Envy Sunglasses	Michele Emerson	$60
36	Tifosi	Tifosi Envy Sunglasses	Andra Feger	$60
37	Tifosi	Tifosi Envy Sunglasses	Alisa McCance	$60
38	Tifosi	Tifosi Envy Sunglasses	Michelle Clonce	$60
39	Tifosi	Tifosi Envy Sunglasses	Stacy Adams	$60
40	Tifosi	Tifosi Envy Sunglasses	Amber Howell	$60
41	Tifosi	Tifosi Gavia Sunglasses	Lori Bell	$60
42	Tifosi	Tifosi Gavia Sunglasses	Sarah Grotelueschen	$60
43	Tifosi	Tifosi Quam 1.5 Sunglasses	Kristine Mylls	$50
44	Tifosi	Tifosi Quam 1.5 Sunglasses	Marsha White	$50
45	Serfas	Pink Serfas Pump WFP 200	Joyce Grizzle	$35
46	Serfas	Pink Serfas Pump WFP 200	Jordan Galewski	$35
47	Serfas	Pink Serfas Pump WFP 200	Jilah Kalil	$35
48	Serfas	Pink Serfas Pump WFP 200	Regenia Moore	$35
49	Serfas	Pink Serfas Pump WFP 200	Regina Jensen	$35
50	Fizik	Fizik Pink Bar Tape	Gennie Dasinger	$17

In addition, 25 of these limited edition bikes will be available for purchase with 10% of their sales price being donated to Hope on Wheels. The limited edition bikes come complete with a special pink ribbon decal kit matched to the beautiful ebony carbon and champagne pink design. The Hope On Wheels Onix Dama is available only through Gran Fondo Cycles of Nashville, Tennessee.

In addition to the award of the beautiful carbon bikes above, top fundraisers will again be awarded prizes for their efforts including Etxeondo cycling apparel, Louis Garneau helmets, cycling glasses by Tifosi, and more. Check back later for details.

The Onix Dama  is constructed using the same monocoque technology and complex shaping you'll find in the frames of Orbea's sponsored riders. The frame is expertly engineered using T700 and Formula One grade M30S high modulus carbon. Campagnolo's Mirage components  complement  the esteemed Onix frame. Mavic Kysrium Equipe wheels complete the ensemble of the best names in cycling. 

Frame: Orbea Onix T700 Monocoque Carbon
Fork: Zeus AC Carbon
Gruppo: Campagnolo Mirage
MSRP: $2,399

Orbea has a long history of making high-end bikes to fit a wide range of body types, making beautiful bikes for the tiny climbers of the Pyrenees as well as for the lanky triathlon powerhouses of the Ironman circuit. For each body type, Orbea believes that there is a specific geometry that makes a bike go faster, corner on a rail and climb like an angel. Orbea has applied this same design philosophy to their designs for women, at the core of which is  Dama geometry.

It wasn’t too long ago (2000 to be exact), when a woman who wanted a performance road bike had few options. Sure, there were women’s bikes out there, but they were designed for a different type of rider. The go-fast girl - the one with a steely glint in her eye, who liked making people hurt on group rides - she had no place to turn for a real racing bike. It is for this woman that Orbea designed the Dama geometry bicycles in 2001.

Dama geometry consists of more than shorter top tubes and marketing hype. Every single angle of every frame size is designed to contribute to one of the smoothest, fastest, most stable performance bikes in the world. The size 49 road bike is a perfect example of the care with which the Dama geometry was developed. Designed to be the smallest available production race bike made with 700c wheels, the size 49 was created with utmost attention to front-center measurements and headtube angles. The result is a real petite racing bike – a first in women’s bike design.

Not satisfied with only their own opinions, in 2001 Orbea began sponsoring the best women racers in the world. For six years,  Dama geometry has been raced by Olympians, National Champions and the best women’s racing teams in the world. Nothing emphasizes the success of the Dama design more than seeing events won on Orbea Dama bicycles, year after year.

In addition to being awe-inspiring athletes, the feedback and opinions of  elite female racers has made them into de-facto designers at Orbea. Their ideas have proven as valuable as the technical expertise provided by Miriam Bengotxea, Orbea's chief engineer. Together, these women are a dream-team of designers and product testers and have helped Orbea to hone and expand the Dama range into what it is today.