We hope everybody’s summer is going well! Stay safe out there. Here’s a few good tips.

1. If it takes you more than 10 seconds or two tries to get on your bicycle, you’re too drunk. Walk home. It’ll be more fun anyway.

2. Before you ride, make sure your tires are properly inflated. Give your bike a bounce to see if there are any loose parts. Check it over for any wear. Contrary to popular belief, bicycles are not immutable objects. They get old and sick just like everything else.

3. Always use your lights at night! Local statutes call for a front blinking white light and a rear blinking red light. Not only will you be seen, but it’ll save you $100 by avoiding tickets from RPD and VCU police.

4. Ride as if you’re invisible to cars. Be prepared for motorists’ inattention. Cell phone use and text messaging in cars create a 2300% increase in the likelyhood of an accident.

Good Luck! We’ll be closed Best Friends Day, Saturday August 22nd, see you at Hadad’s.

Hope everyone is having a good summer! Lots of new stuff in. Velocity B43’s came in this week. As the sage lyricist Ice Cube once put it they “…roll so deep they’ll put your butt to sleep”. Still have a few in black and white. New Volume Bundchen forks for you fixed gear freestylers, and also the Krull Mx spider to run those Demolition Medial 2.0 165mm BMX cranks on your track frame. Great deals on some of the new Odyssey product – Twombolt cranks and a Gsport Ratchet hub laced to the new Fly rim in coffee. New Helmets from Lazer, Protec, and Pryme. Tons of used bikes for cheap – come test ride something!

Also in case you didn’t realize we have a metric ass ton of pedals in the 20 to 40 dollar range. MKS, Primo Magnesiums, Odyssey Twisted PC’s, Animal Hamiltons, Trail Mix. All grips are 12 bucks: Odyssey, Oury, Fly, All City, Salsa, Stolen, and we still have a few Champ keirin grips at half price.

T-Shirt Blow Out! New Bunnyhop Shirts designed by Barf and all Shadow Conspiracy shirts are on sale for 10 bucks. Thats cheap. Stickers will hopefully be here by July when the Bicycle Film Festival is going down at Gallery 5. Should be a great time – July 10th and 11th.

Hope everybody is keeping cool.  TJ was out in the parking lot for like 7 hours this morning and came back with this video. Good luck to everybody doing the Duathlon tomorrow! If you haven’t signed up for the River Rock events, its on May 15-16. Get going! It should be a fun weekend. Also May 9th is the Trexlertown Swap meet in Pennsylvania at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome. Always a good time and there are always killer deals.

New Helmets in stock from Lazer and Protec, Tons of used city/mtb bikes from $60 on up. New bmx parts from Animal, including the folding ASM-R tires and Hamilton Pedals. New shipments from Kink, Odyssey, and Chrome in as well. Go Ride!

It’s awesome outside! Finally! We’re stuck in the bike cave for now, churning out quality wheels for you to put on your sweet ride. Here’s a picture our friend Will drew while in the shop a couple weeks ago:

New saddles in from Soma, Pake Space Straps, Profile Racing hubs and Imperial chainrings in mint, aqua, and red, Glow in the Dark! Oury Grips to match your Odyssey Twisted pedals.

Come by and see us! New shirts should come in soon, and stickers should follow shortly thereafter. Have fun!

If ya don’t know, now ya know! We’ll be closed Saturday April 4th. Come check us out Friday if you need supplies!

Sage Brown – 1stJim Callahan – 2nd Place

Owen Weeks – 3rd Place

Congratulations to the winners, and also everyone else that participated! Thanks go to Beth, Mike, Jayce, and AJ for their submissions. We should have some shirts and stickers to give out next month.

Plenty of new wheels in stock, and also a ton of used bikes in the 100 to 200 dollar range. These bikes are going fast so come in soon to check them out. We’re extending our wheel sale, so most of the wheels in stock now are 20 to 30% off their normal prices.

New Chub Hubs in All black, a Sparkly Fresh Bass Boat Green Velocity Deep V laced with Gold bladed spokes to a gold fixed gear hub, and Velocity Spokes in all the colors finally showed up . We had a few NOS Neon Velocity rims from the 90’s floating around and laced those up as well. New BMX stuff from Fly, Tree, Duo, Kink, Odyssey, and Shadow Conspiracy.  Hope everyone’s spring is awesome! Go ride your bike!