Shops
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A Visit to Bikes@Vienna on the Leesburg Loop
Over the weekend Felkerino and I meandered from home to do what we call the “Leesburg Loop,” a 90-ish mile ride that starts in D.C., crosses the river into Virginia and takes the Custis and W&OD Trails to Leesburg, winds around to White’s Ferry for a quick ferry ride across the Potomac into Maryland, continues… Continue reading
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The Old Bike Shop Recyclery
The past weekend, Felkerino and I made a field trip out to Arlington, Virginia, and peeked our heads into the new bike shop known as The Old Bike Shop. We stopped by late in the day but Larry, the owner, was more than willing to stay after hours and chat with us about his recyclery.… Continue reading
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Cupcake Ramblin’ with Sol and BicycleSPACE
BicycleSPACE, one of D.C.’s local bike shops, has done an excellent job of building community through their group rides. Felkerino and I have attended a few of their evening social rides in the past and, while they were literally not my speed in terms of the pace with which they meandered through town, they were… Continue reading
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Velocity Bicycle Coop: Schwinn Paramount or Rivendell custom, anyone?
Last night Felkerino and I went to visit the Velocity Bicycle Coop in Alexandria, Virginia. It’s been up and running since May of 2010, but yesterday was our first visit. We stopped by at a good time because a collector had just given some of his beautiful bikes to the coop. These included two Rivendell… Continue reading
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Field Trip: Harper’s Bike Shop. Knoxville, Tennessee
The final stop of the recent Tennessee bike tour work trip was Harper’s Bike Shop in Knoxville, Tennessee. This was a large shop just outside of the University of Tennessee campus, and has been around for 50 years. At least, that’s what I was told. Continue reading
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Field Trip: River City Bicycles, Chattanooga, TN
While my trip to Tennessee has ended, the memories of my bike shop tour work trip live on in my memories and on this blog. River City Bicycles in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was my third bike shop destination. This is an inviting shop with a large retail space. I must confess that I did… Continue reading
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Field Trip: Suck Creek Cycle. Chattanooga, Tennessee
As I like to keep telling people, last week was mostly work on location in Tennessee. That said, I still eeked out time to poke my nose into some of the local bike shops. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Shop number 2 for the week was Suck Creek Cycle in Chattanooga. The shop’s… Continue reading
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Field Trip: Tennessee Valley Bicycles. Knoxville, Tennessee
This past week I’ve been on location in Knoxville, Tennessee. It’s been mostly work, but as soon as I had a break I asked the hotel clerk where I might find a local bike shop that leaned more toward the touring and utility cyclist. The clerk helpfully pointed me in the direction of Tennesseey Valley Bicycles.… Continue reading
Chasing MailBoxes 