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Everyone who rides a bike competes.

Maybe you compete against others or maybe you compete against yourself. Maybe you compete against the weather or the aging process. It doesn’t matter. On the road, in the mountains or taking on the challenge of multi-sport, there is competition in all of us.

Team Carytown Bicycle Company was founded with the idea that a cycling club needed to be fun. If you win races, great. But bikes are about a lot more than races.

Above all, a cycling club needs to be about the pleasure of riding a bike. If data files and podium places and heart rates and tire pressure are what riding a bike means to you, you should probably stop reading right now.

For us, riding a bike and being part of a club is about fun, community, stewardship, and fitness. Whether or not you race–or for that matter, whether you ride on the road or the trail–means very little.

As a club, we work to give back to the sport. We volunteer at events. We thank other volunteers. We pride ourselves on introducing new riders to the sport and developing young riders. We smile and shake hands (or bump fists) with each other when we show up to group rides. We promote amazing events and keep entry fees low.

Does that mean we don’t want to race? Does that mean we don’t want to win?

Not at all. In 2008 –our first year of existence–CBC riders knocked it out of the park with numerous top-10 finishes. But what matters is that they had fun doing it.