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Leaving on a jetplane

While about 550 awesome people will be converging on Richmond to participate in Monstercross Tim and I will, somewhat unfortunately, be off in frigid Minnesota at an event called Frostbike. Frostbike is an industry event put on by the fine...

Quintana Roos on Slowtwitch

Slowtwitch just published its annual review of entry level tri bikes. The Seduza and Tequilo made the cut. Here is what they had to say. The Tequilo The Kilo is dead, long live the Tequilo. This is now QR's entry...

The Peahen Squawks: Cyclocross returns to Richmond this weekend!

After a very successful Richmond Festival of Cross weekend, cyclocross comes back to Richmond. On Sunday, November 4, the VCU cycling team is holding its second annual VCU CX race at City Stadium.  This week, the Peahen sits down with...

GT Edge Titanium: first ride

Over the weekend Tim and I were lucky enough to be flown out to Park City, Utah by our friends at Cycling Sports Group to check out all the new 2013 bikes from Cannondale, GT, and Schwinn.  For two solid...

The Peahen Squawks: Weekly Mountain Bike Racing in Richmond?!

It's spring, true believers.  Yes, the sun is going down an hour later, but it gets better: starting next week, Richmond has its very own weekly mountain bike race series.  Take that, Durango. Starting on Friday, March 29th and going...

My new Civia Bryant touring, commuting, cruddy weather road riding, adventure seeking, all around awesome bike...

Like many road racers I found that having just one road bike, while adequate, does have its drawbacks. Most notably the fact that the position I like to race in is not exactly comfortable for long rides. Super skinny 700x23...

Foundry Cycles night at CBC!

Friday December 16th come by CBC to check out the three amazing new bikes from Foundry Cycles. Over the summer I had the chance to ride all three of these bikes and was impressed. Now it's your chance to see...

My Favorite Color is Reflective, or How I learned To Love Fred.

I'm real bored of my road bike, and the weather hasn't been that conducive to mountain biking as of late. I haven't been riding as much, despite my recent promotion from possum to raccoon (see my story on the evolution...

Track Racing 101. Part 1: making your fast faster

Anyone who has tried track racing at the speedway will know exactly what I am talking about... the rest of you might not believe me though when I say this. NOTHING can simulate the type of physical efforts you will...

Guest Review: Brian Wright Tests The Viscacha Seat Bag from Revelate Desings

I was in my last couple of days before I was to depart on a solo bikepacking ride on the C&O Canal. I had just stop by Carytown Bicycles Company to get some items that I needed. While talking with...

Dirty bikes

  Cross season in particular often means filthy bikes, and while this level of grime is often the result of riding around a muddy course, it is not necessarily exclusive to this activity. When ridden like they are supposed to be,...

Virginia State Track Championships are coming up soon!

WHEN: AUGUST 28TH WHERE: SOUTHSIDE SPEEDWAY IMPORTANT STUFF TO KNOW: The Virginia State Track Championships are back! For those who have not competed before and are interested here is the low down... THIS IS A BAR EVENT (that means its...

The Peahen Squawks: On Richmond’s Wheel might just be the greatest stocking stuffer in human history

If you’re like the Peahen, you hate a) buying holiday gifts; and b) illiteracy. Thankfully, Richmond author and cyclist Tom Houff has published On Richmond’s Wheel, and this has solved both problems.  A fixture on every local cyclist’s Christmas list,...

Holiday Gift Guide!

It is that time of year. Time to figure out how you will spend all your money on other people. We have some pretty good ideas for you. From the bare essentials, to the big items under tree, we guarantee...

CBC Holiday Gift Guide

It's getting to be that time again. With the Holidays drawing near everyone is scrambling to find that perfect gift for the friends and family members on their list. Cyclists are notoriously hard to shop for so we came up...

C&O Canal Towpath Adventure Part 2

Continued from PART 1. DAY FOUR: Hancock, MD to Cumberland, MD and back again. 100 miles of pavement and gravel. Waking up in the Hilltop Inn is not exactly pleasant. It's a rundown $50 a night hole and I think...

C&O Canal Towpath Adventure Part 1

DAY ONE: Richmond, VA to Nokesville VA. 88 miles of pavement Day one of my trip was on roads previously traveled. From my front door to my first stop at my parent’s house it’s 85 miles of rolling terrain up...

Tested and approved: Rivendell Roll-y Pol-y tires

When selecting a tire for touring over varying surfaces things can be tricky. For my week long 600 mile trip in August I was going to be splitting my time almost equally between asphalt roads and the gravel and dirt...

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TERMS OF SERVICE OVERVIEW This website is operated by Carytown Bicycle Company LLC. Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Carytown Bicycle Company LLC. Carytown Bicycle Company LLC. offers this website, including all information, tools and...

Holiday gift guide

This year rather than telling you about what we think you should get for that special someone on two wheels we're going to share what things we got this year that have become invaluable to us as riders as well as things...

Spring commute

Today was pretty much ideal commuting weather.  Sunny, not too humid, and temperatures in the mid 50s.  My commute is right at about 5 miles and this is what I used today.     1. My bike.  Can't commute by...

Tweed Ride comes to D.C. could Richmond be next?

A while back I came across some great photos from a "Tweed Run" in the midwest (more here). Now there has been one in D.C. Anybody want to do one here in Richmond? Taken from The Washington Post. The cycles...