Sarah's Soma Buena Vista

Sarah’s Soma Buena Vista



Soma Buena Vista Build from carytownbicyclecompany on Vimeo. I just built up this amazing Soma Buena Vista bike for my wife Sarah to ride to and from class on. I carefully selected parts to maximize both utility and style. Suffice to say she absolutely loves it. Check it out. Frame...
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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Ryan Call’s new Cinelli

A few days ago we sold a Cinelli Mash track frame to Ryan Call. He was looking to trade in his Brooklyn frame because he liked the style and ride of the Mash better. Yesterday he sent us a photo of the bike after he built it up. It turned out really sweet.

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Schwinn Racer = Amazing Deal!

If you’re looking for an awesome single speed bike for a great price, this bike can’t be beat! With a rear coaster brake, commuting and recreational riding become simple and fun.  It rides great, looks stylish, and, best of all, it is less than three hundred dollars!            

Jack of all trades…

For my Acadia trip I stripped off all the extras on my Civia Bryant and put on some Kenda Happy Medium cross tires. It looks pretty awesome. I almost don’t want to change it back into my commuter bike but the fall brings wet roads and I would regret it if I don’t put my...

NEW Niner stuff on the way… current in stock stuff on sale!

Fans of Niner bikes take note! Niner bikes are taking their game to the next level in 2012.  The already light and fast Air9 gets a full redesign with hydroformed tubing and a tapered head tube… not only that it’s little bro the EMD does too! What could be better than that you ask? How...

Back to normal…

Power came back on around 6:30 today and things are getting back to normal.  If you called and left us voice mail we’ll finally get to hear it in the morning.  Thanks for bearing with us while we worked in the dark. .

Mike Fawell

I was really hoping that any update to this post was going to be good news. Life is often not fair and I am sad to say that Mike’s condition did not improve and at 5am Monday he passed away. I could talk about Mike as a talented athlete or as a customer. I would...

Tested and approved: Kenda Happy Medium cyclocross tires.

I picked up two sets of these tires this month to outfit the touring bikes Sarah and I took to Acadia. For gravel road and hard packed dirt a regular cyclocross tire does just fine but can be a little slow rolling. I knew we would be spending a good bit of time on pavement...

Acadia vacation: a week spent in cycling utopia

Last August Sarah and I decided to go camping in Maine at Acacia National Park. While we were there we had so much fun that we vowed to return the following year and bring Buster our Jack Russel Terrier the next time. With the the August heat cooking the south east it was time to...

Tuesday night track bike races this week!

Second Tuesday of the month means track racing!!! Only two race days before the state championships will be in September. We have already booked rain dates for the Monday following each months race should the weather mess things up. Couple of things to remember this year… there is no Bryan Park crit the same Tuesdays...

An oldy but a goody.

This week only ALL FIXED GEAR BIKES* 25% OFF!!!

This week only ALL FIXED GEAR BIKES* 25% OFF!!! All in stock, All City, Dolan, Kazane, Subrosa, Colnago, Surly, and Cannondale fixed gear and track bikes are on sale! Yes you can put on one layway if you need time to come up with the cash… a $200 deposit reserves any bike in stock!  ...

Knocking on the door… Richmond goes to Masters track national championships and brings back silver medals!

After putting on track races on a beat up old NASCAR track for the last 7 years something special happened. Some of the hardened roadies that I strongarmed into racing track bikes decided to take their game on the road and head up to the velodrome in Trexlertown. This past week was the national championships...

Saddledrive day 2: the bike demos part 2

After a lap of the trails it was back to the expo to grab another bike from Foundry. This time around I went for their road bike, the Ratchet. The Ratchet has the tight angles and average height head tube you would associate with a racing bike but once I started riding it I realized...

Saddledrive day 2: the bike demos part 1

Monday morning meant getting up early to catch the shuttle to a park area referred to as Snow Basin for the Saddledrive bike demo. We boarded the bus and headed into the mountains by way of a canyon road that followed one of the small rivers that flowed from higher elevation. A short and very...