at the inns of virginia on broad!

so i just came here to make a post about richmond. i haven't hung out with the sprint club kids, though i do hear lots of nice people talking about them, but i also hear sprint club is overflowing with kids that are like "i am so badass that i just spent 3000 dollars on parts and spandex shorts alone." kind of like it's a fashion show or something. but, i have no right to speak about it because i'm new to the bicycle scene and don't know any of those people, so i'll shut up about that... but i do know that the vcu campus has a mix of kids who either: a) stare you down if they don't know you, or b) are super stoked and always interested in talking about bikes and helping me learn. so i can't really say what it's like here yet. hell, i haven't even learned to go fast without feeling like i'm going to die on my fg yet, so who am i to talk about sprintclub or anyone else. it's just... a city. with hipsters. lots of them. i am guilty of fitting into this group in many ways (irony... sorry), so again, no room to talk. just pointing things out that i've observed.

ps: probably one of four bikes on the racks on campus is a fg/ss. they're everywhere it seems.

pps: i just discovered this shop called re-cycles on 2611 cary that does cheap repairs and deals mostly in ss stuff. they seem like super cool guys that are interested in getting people riding and they are going to help me and my friend get her a ss built up. that's the most exciting part of the scene that i've found here, because everyone there is really nice, welcoming, and excited about bikes. and that's what matters.