Featured Customer Bike: Mikes Titanium Salsa El Mariachi

Featured Customer Bike: Mikes Titanium Salsa El Mariachi



So much and yet so little can be said about Mike’s new titanium Salsa El Mariachi. Mike wanted a light, comfortable, and above all reliable 29er hardtail. Salsa supplied the U.S. made ti frame. The Fox F series fork was selected for it’s great performance and handling. Shimano’s proven XT...
Carytown Bicycle Co. is proud to partner with Independent Fabrication

Carytown Bicycle Co. is proud to partner with Independent Fabrication



Carytown Bicycle Co. is proud to partner with Independent Fabrication for custom steel, ti, and carbon fiber bicycles. I could not be happier to be working with these guys again. I worked with Independent Fabrication years before we opened up CBC when I was employed by Rowlett’s Bicycles. Today they...
The extreme importance of the well crafted 2x20 minute Playlist

The extreme importance of the well crafted 2×20 minute Playlist



2×20 minutes is my staple workout. It’s a threshold test, a benchmark, and a default interval set when riding inside. I do it all the time, but don’t blame my level of mediocrity on 2×20, I stunk worse before I started doing this workout. If you start doing this type...
18 pound mountain bike? Yes please.

18 pound mountain bike? Yes please.



For 2012 Niner Bikes started offering tapered head-tubes on all their aluminum frames including the updated One9 single-speed chassis.  They just so happened to come out with a tapered version of their already super light carbon rigid fork as well.  This gave us the perfect opportunity to build up this...
Soma B-Side Build

Soma B-Side Build



We recently built up a Soma B-Side for a customer of ours and decided to do a little video covering the 650b wheelsize and its advantages. We hope you enjoy!
Woo hoo!

Woo hoo!



My new custom Independent Fabrication frame is nearing completion! It left welding today and now they are going to start brazing on all the cable stops, fender mounts, and other cool stuff. Then it’s off to paint and hopefully soon into a box headed my way! I’m super excited about...
I want to tell you a little story 'cause it makes me warm inside...

I want to tell you a little story ’cause it makes me warm inside…



My story is not remarkable. It’s not the stuff of cycling legends. It’s not the metoric rise of Ben King or the family destiny of Taylor Phinney. It contains not the glory nor the tragedy of the careers of Pantani and Van Den Broek. It’s probably not all that unlike...
Owners meeting

Owners meeting



One of the great things about being part owner of Carytown Bicycle Co. is that both of my two partners are also cyclists. Even though we all come from different backgrounds we came together because of bicycles. Today after meeting with the contractors at our new location we were able...
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Another piece of the puzzle
Bikes

Another piece of the puzzle

by Braden on Jan 25, 2012 • No Comments
Keeping it Classy
Bikes / customer bikes

Keeping it Classy

by hunter on Jan 18, 2012 • No Comments
So one of our customers seems to run out of daylight on some of his rides. He had resorted to using duct tape to attach a headlight to his stem. I understand…necessity. When he upgraded to an FSA Plasma integrated bar/stem system, he asked for a better solution. I spent a few minutes with my...
Recent custom wheel builds
Bikes

Recent custom wheel builds

by Kevin on Jan 16, 2012 • No Comments
Here are three recent custom wheels I built up. First up are some Deep V fixed gear wheels. Bomb proof alloy rims are laced to Origin8 hubs. For the price it’s pretty hard to beat these hubs. Just like high end hubs from Phil Wood, Paul, and other small manufacturers they use easily serviced or...
Oh SNAP!
Bikes

Oh SNAP!

by Braden on Jan 15, 2012 • No Comments
What the heck is this? Official prototype or a really clean looking custom job. Either way it’s sick.
I hope I'm still kicking like this at 91
Bikes

I hope I’m still kicking like this at 91

by Braden on Jan 10, 2012 • No Comments
Head over to the Brooks website for the full story. Tommy Godwin takes a spin around the Herne Hill velodrome, the same track he won two Olympic medals on in 1948. So cool.
Gorilla tested, gorilla approved.
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Gorilla tested, gorilla approved.

by Braden on Jan 7, 2012 • No Comments
Cannondale Hooligan Banana Run from carytownbicyclecompany on Vimeo.
Mmm... healthy cookin'
training and racing

Mmm… healthy cookin’

by Braden on Jan 6, 2012 • No Comments
A few people have been asking about some of the stuff I cook as part of my current diet. I commented on my transformation post with a bit but I thought I would go ahead and do a better job documenting a simple meal that takes about 15 minutes to prepare, is inexpensive, and most...
Not every bike has to be new and shiny... Hunter's Trek commuter
Bikes

Not every bike has to be new and shiny… Hunter’s Trek commuter

by Braden on Jan 6, 2012 • No Comments
  Sure we’re in the business of selling new bikes… but that does not mean that there might not be a perfectly good used machine out there just waiting for you to find and refurbish. Hunter’s Trek is a great example of a almost discarded old bike that has been given new life and ridden...
No coach, no power meter, no training plan, not even a computer... How I went from a 180lb cat4 to a 150lb cat3 without making myself crazy.
Bikes / training and racing

No coach, no power meter, no training plan, not even a computer… How I went from a 180lb cat4 to a 150lb cat3 without making myself crazy.

by Braden on Jan 2, 2012 • 7 Comments
About one year ago I looked a little different than I do now. I rode a little different too. I was about 180 pounds and typically just kind of cruised along in the B races at Bryan Park. When I raced in a tougher Cat 4 race on unfamiliar turf I was usually in the...
Featured Bike: The Torker Interurban
Bike / Bikes

Featured Bike: The Torker Interurban

by Braden on Dec 28, 2011 • No Comments
The Torker Interurban might actually be the perfect city bike for under $600. It combines some of the best attributes of road and hybrid bikes into an affordable package that is less than half what traditional road racing bikes start at in price.   The frame is robust cromoly steel which may not be like...
Chris Jones's new Chris King / Hed Belgium wheels
Bikes

Chris Jones’s new Chris King / Hed Belgium wheels

by Braden on Dec 26, 2011 • 3 Comments
This has to be my favorite set of wheels to build. Chris wanted to upgrade his wheels on his road bike but needed something special. Being a full time student (and part time retail employee) Chris need some good race wheels on a reasonable budget. When you have the cash to roll on $2500 carbon...
PINK Industry Nine hubs!
Bikes

PINK Industry Nine hubs!

by Braden on Dec 23, 2011 • No Comments
Santa came early and brought the Industry Nine hubs I will be using to build up my Foundry Cycles cross bike when the frame arrives next month! Can’t wait to build these up!  My Auger is going to be SICK!!!    
Keck Baker's new Cannondale Flash Carbon
Bikes / customer bikes

Keck Baker’s new Cannondale Flash Carbon

by Braden on Dec 22, 2011 • No Comments
Keck has been a local fixture in the Virginia racing scene for a long time now. As a Cat 1 road rider and Expert class mountain biker he often mixes it up with some of the best riders in the country and often times comes home with the win. Recently he has been getting back...
Schmidt SON dynamo hub: The ultimate commuter/touring light setup
Accessories / Bike / Bikes

Schmidt SON dynamo hub: The ultimate commuter/touring light setup

by Braden on Dec 22, 2011 • No Comments
Commuting by bicycle year round means sometimes riding home in the dark. While there can be an overwhelming array of choices for lights I think there is one solution to visibility that stands out. In the past I have used those little blinky lights and rechargeable lights with mixed results. The blinky lights last a...
Hollowgram Cranks
Bikes

Hollowgram Cranks

by hunter on Dec 20, 2011 • No Comments
A few weeks ago Roberts, our Cannondale rep, informed us that the Hollowgram cranks were still made in the U.S. I was talking with the the owner of our shop Tim, he asked me if the price tag on the cranks was justified. He also mentioned that he has owned his for about 5 years....

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