We love to ride!
Stokesville 60k 2024
Adam Stein
Manager
Adam started riding bikes as a fun way to cross train for the swim team. Shortly after that swimming took a back seat to bike riding. He made it down to Harrisonburg for the first time in 2020 to ride in the George Washington National Forest and fell in love with the Shenandoah Valley.
He’s been working in bike shops since 2020 and loves exploring the world on two wheels, especially when there are hills to be conquered. More recently, he has struggled to keep wraps on his bike collection, ranging from early 2000’s road race bikes to an American made Recumbent, as well as a slew of Mountain bikes: he loves being on two wheels!
When the opportunity came about to move to Harrisonburg he jumped all in. Since moving to town he has been coaching with the ShenRock MTB club and riding as much as possible.
Andrew Young
Mechanic
Andrew has been riding bikes around the neighborhood since grade school, he began riding off road in 2015 after attending a summer camp that encouraged bringing bikes to get around, he continued mountain biking and explored the trails in Patapsco State Park.
As he kept riding and visiting the local bike shop, he began his first job working there. That same year NICA was started in Maryland and he joined the regional team, racing cross country.
During the lockdown of 2020, he returned home from college and continued to ride and venture out to new places to ride, after riding trails in the Frederick Watershed he started to enter enduro races, and participated in multiple series up the east coast.
He helped start a new NICA team at his former high school, and coached for 3 years.
Andrew has visited Harrisonburg various times over the last couple of years and has enjoyed the numerous trails and terrain, the local community and the close proximity to amazing places to ride.
When the opportunity arose to move to Harrisonburg he was excited to return to the bike industry, he plans on continuing with racing and coaching the local Shenrock team.
Ken Bell
Owner
Bicycles have played a large part of Ken’s life for over 50 years.
Ken started racing road bikes in high school and quickly fell in love with mountain biking while at James Madison University, where he studied photography and graphic design. His first MTB race was the iconic Canaan 40k in 1989.
After marrying his college sweetheart, Ken and his family returned to Harrisonburg to start Tradeshowdirect, a trade show display and graphics company.
While finding success in selling trade show displays online, Ken looked for a way to combine his passion for bicycles and a retail small business, launching Rocktown Bicycles in 2013.
Ken has ridden bikes and raced all over the world, frequently trying to hang onto the back wheel of his oldest son Connor. From the climbs on Alpe d'Huez, France to the World Cup course in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Ken enjoys exploring the world on two wheels.
Always up for an adventure, hit Ken up for his favorite bike routes and be sure to wave when you see him on the trail.