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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...