Red Newt Bikes

01/18/2023

Engaging in six minutes of high intensity exercise could help delay the onset of disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, a new study suggests.

06/29/2022

The bicycle to town bardo; today remembered learning, when I was a little kid, that leaves are the lungs of trees. Seemed a slow, easy breath this morning.

03/01/2022

Never figured out quite how to talk about our concerns for the environment, I'm just going to blurt it out - these are the bikes of a couple of Red Newt customers. Both were refurbishing older bikes, and that was something we encouraged people to do. It worked for the shop, but more importantly we felt it was good for the environment. There are terms out there, the circular economy, ecological economics, you can spend a long time and go into it with great depth. But where theory meets the ground is what do you do with that old bike? As I wrote, refurbishing worked for the shop. The customers? A couple of quotes: "I’m grateful I had the chance to repurpose it so it is still usable to this day instead of ending up in a landfill. I imagine I could pass it on to another beginner cyclist if I ever decide I don’t need it." - that was from Blake, owner of the Trek. Dirk told me" YES, it was worth fixing the old bike. Not just fixing but updating the components (for example, updating the bike to a 1x11 drive train). I say this for three reasons...first, I have dialed in my bike to just fit me. So I did not have to worry about fit on a new bike, Second, financially it just made lot more sense...I could upgrade components as I had money. Lastly, the ethos of repair instead of replace is very important to me." We were really glad to have the opportunity to do this sort of work. Thanks, and see you all on the road.

02/08/2022

Icy fog this morning! This is the last month for the Red Newt Shop, come by Saturdays from 10-4 to grab a few gems! Or arrange a visit on another day- I’m out wandering more, but always happy to wander in and open up for you to shop. Send a note to [email protected]

01/26/2022

Let your senator know not to reverse part of last year's Bicyclist Safety Act! The senate will vote on it tomorrow!

https://www.votervoice.net/BIKEWALKRVA/campaigns/91064/respond

Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling - FABB Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) Bike Norfolk New River Valley Bicycle Association Virginia Bicycling Federation Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) Richmond Area Bicycling Association - RABA

01/26/2022

this, sadly, describes what we are faced with...

There's a bicycle shortage due to, yes, monopoly. And now the monopolists are trying to build a world without independent bike shops.