As I sit here writing, in February in Washington, DC, I can glance down at my two-tone triceps and still feel the Hawaiian sun that was hitting my arms and neck just a few days ago as I pedaled across the Big Island. Since my return to DC earlier this week, I’ve been delighted by …
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A Revolutionary Challenge: World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Adventure Teen Challenge
On August 9th and 10th, Pinkey and Angela spent two days assisting disabled and non-disabled teenagers as they participated in the inaugural Adventure Teen Challenge, an event organized by World T.E.A.M. Sports. The challenge, which took place within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, allowed disabled and non-disabled participants to work together in …
Monuments at Night: A Ride to Benefit Best Buddies
On the evening of Saturday, July 9th, more than one hundred enthusiastic cyclists rolled out of the City Hub in Crystal City, Virginia to explore DC’s finest monuments at night by bike. This is the City Hub’s second annual Monuments at Night ride, and Revolution Cycles was proud to partner with Best Buddies for this …
Angela’s Swan Song
Angela Koch left one of the country’s most established bicycle-friendly cities, Portland, to join Revolution Cycles in our dream of getting more people on bikes everyday, and the progress that we’ve made with her help is incredible. Circumstances change and people move on, and in a few days, we’ll be watching Angela ride off into …
A Day in the Life
Last Thursday, temperatures in DC crept into the upper 90s and the sun was unrelenting. The roads felt hot enough to melt tires if one was stationary for too long, and I’d be lying if I said that it was ideal weather to spend the day shadowing Angela on a bike as she did what …
Exhilarating, Exhausting, Electrifying
I didn’t think that it was possible for me to love bikes more than I did when I woke up on Sunday morning. But I do. A lot more.
I just got home from my first Trek World adventure, and I was nearly bursting with writer’s anticipation on the trip back, reviewing all of …
A Dandy Reviews The Belleville
Hello, my name is Eric Channing Brewer and I organized the DC Tweed Ride last fall, which brought nearly 500 cyclists together for a leisurely ride through DC while sporting some rather dashing retro-inspired fashions. Vintage was the theme, and our cause was fundraising for the local non-profit Arts for the Aging (AFTA). Pure joy …
Joe Paper’s Ride 2 Recovery
Day 1
A few weeks ago, my operations manager, Jakob, asked me if I wanted to provide tech support and ride with Ride 2 Recovery, a bike ride that the USO (United Service Organizations) puts on for injured veterans. Being an injured vet myself from Operation Iraqi Freedom, I jumped at the chance to help my …
A Good Week
Early Monday morning, while there were still a few stars visible in the sky, I was on my second cup of coffee and attempting to get ahead (or catch up?) on the infinite number of details that required my attention before the new City Hub opened its doors to the public later in the week. …