Cannondale began with a vision of what could be. Having the courage to try something new, the company innovated an unprecedented mix of materials and craftsmanship to introduce the market to a different breed of lightweight, aluminum bike. Today we're proud to offer a wide range of mountain, road, performance, city and women's specific Cannondales.
Introducing Salsa Cycles
If variety is the spice of life, grab your fork and savor some Salsa. The world is your playground on these adventurous bikes. Make your own music on El Mariachi, a singlespeed that harmonizes with your ambition. Go far on the Fargo. Count on Vaya to take your breath away. Take flight as pilot of the proud Warbird. Whichever model you choose, you'll find life is more flavorful with Salsa.
Introducing Bianchi Bicycles
Bianchi has stood the test of time. There's a reason this Italian bicycle artist has been in business for 130 years. Actually, there are many and they have names such as Infinito, Intenso, Impulso and Milano.
We've imported these European bicycles into our family to give a distinctive Italian accent to our cosmopolitan collection.
Whether swooping downhill in competition or strutting the city streets like a runway model, Bianchi masters its mission with grace, style, elegance and pure power that comes from refined craftsmanship.
If your destination is transcontinental, you'll appreciate Bianchi's Coast-to-Coast (CTC) line, represented by Infinito, Intenso and Impulso in our stock. These bikes are built for long days in the saddle. Like all Bianchis, they are inspired by the brand's racing heritage. Unlike highly aggressive crit bikes, the CTC lets you go the distance in a more comfortable posture.
Last but not least, there's the awe-inspiring tale of the signature Celeste color. Let its elusive legend take you wherever you wish to journey.
Bianchi Intenso
Bianchi Infinito
Bianchi Vigorelli
Bianchi Impulso
Bianchi Strada
Double Grand Opening of BicycleSPACE Adams Morgan and Downtown July 10-12
Good things come to those who wait!
The wait is over, friends. Our Adams Morgan and downtown shops are having a Double Grand Opening July 10-12, 2015.
Some of the fun includes:
- Win a bike ($1,000 value)
- Buy any bike and we'll email you a gift certificate for 10% of its value ($1,000 bike = $100 gift certificate)
- 15% off bikes $1,500+ (excluding cargo, electric and folding bikes)
- Show your receipt from one shop and get 10% off at the other (excluding bikes and labor)
- photo contest
- free water bottles
The festivities take place during normal business hours:
Adams Morgan
Friday: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. | Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Sunday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Downtown
Friday: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. | Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Short and Sweet FAQ
What's new? All about our new bikes and products.
What about the weekend rides? Here's the schedule.
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Thank you for keeping the faith and believing that a better BicycleSPACE was on the horizon. What was once an abstraction of architectural renderings is now a brick-and-mortar reality.
The shops are filling up with beautiful, durable, functional things and an eye-popping assortment of more bikes than ever before, e-bikes, clothes, shoes and so much more.
The most important component is you, our dear friends. We can't wait to welcome you into our new homes.
We'd love to see you at both shops and will reward you with a special offer: Show your receipt from one shop and get 10% off at the other (excluding bikes and labor).
Sign up for our newsletter and follow us on social media for updates about our Double Grand Opening Extravaganza.
Declare your independence from uphill battles: Ride an e-bike
Declare your independence from sweaty, strenuous uphill climbs. Meet two electrifying members of the BicycleSPACE family. These battery-powered bikes can be your ticket to freedom, allowing you to summit what lies ahead independently, so you can pursue your own definition of happiness.
Powerful and pretty, the Faraday electric bicycle is poetry in motion. Its hidden battery and stunning good looks have revolutionized the concept of the e-bike. The battery is discreetly housed in the downtube, concealing your secret weapon from view. Switch on the pedal assist and ride for 20+ miles. Recharge in a standard wall outlet in three hours. Arrive at your destination without breaking a sweat.
At the reins of the Limited Edition Xtracycle EdgeRunner 9E, you'll be seen as a leader of the American transportation revolution fomenting before our eyes. Goodbye, station wagon. Hello, electric cargo bike. Nine speeds plus one liberating motor will empower you to transport a family and all the cargo your lifestyle demands.
Test ride these energetic bikes at our Adams Morgan shop this weekend.
BicycleSPACE Adams Morgan
2424 18th St NW
(202) 232-4196
Weekdays: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 4: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, July 5: 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
D.C.'s 'Best Bike Shop' is now hiring teammates
BicycleSPACE is now hiring experienced mechanics who want to take this job and love it.
BicycleSPACE bears the honor of winning Best Bike Shop (Washington Area Bicyclists Choice awards) and Best Place to Get Your Bike Fixed (City Paper Best of 2015 Readers' Poll) this spring.
It's an exhilarating year at BicycleSPACE and we need teammates to make it the best ever.
Can you see yourself in this picture among the best?
BicycleSPACE is now hiring experienced mechanics to start immediately in Adams Morgan and downtown at 5th & K Streets NW.
You're a good fit if you handle a wrench with grace and charm customers with the steely determination of an everyday superhero.
You uphold our award-winning reputation as a welcoming shop with a positive attitude and mutual respect between owners, managers, employees and customers. You're unwaveringly loyal to our values of honesty, integrity, sincerity and professional excellence.
If this is you, please apply here.
Vintage Rally to Bloomsday 2015
A friend of the shop connected to the Irish Embassy has invited us to ride in the Embassy of Ireland Bloomsday-Yeatsday Celebration on 16 June. Embracing our adventurous spirit, we said yes to a daytime social in vintage costume, taking a huge leap of faith you'd come along for the ride.
Bloomsday pays tribute to Leopold Bloom, the central character in James Joyce's Ulysses. The annual celebration is big in Dublin, where thousands of people recreate Bloom's epic ramble through Dublin on June 16, 1904. Edwardian costumes are an essential component of the celebration.
Cities around the world hold Bloomsday celebrations.
The U.S. Embassy of Ireland is celebrating Bloomsday in Dupont Circle Park from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. All Washingtonians are invited to the free celebration of readings, music and more. Participants are encouraged to bring lunch to satisfy their literal and literary hunger.
We've been invited to partner for a Bloomsday bike rally to the picnic celebration. Here's the scheme:
- Assemble at 11:30 a.m. at 440 K St NW
- After short history talk by our local historian and Irishwoman friend of BicycleSPACE, ride departs at 11:45 a.m.
- We parade through the central city in period costumes on as many vintage bikes as we can find/borrow/commandeer
- Taking a relatively direct route, we arrive at Dupont Circle for the 12:30 celebration
Let's make this work, BicycleSPACE mates!
Telecommute, schedule a doctor's appointment, take flex time. Free yourself from your desk and travel back in time with us for one extended lunch break.
We have only one chance to make a good first impression on the Irish Embassy.
Also, we have to dress the part. Think of it as a Tweed Ride with an Irish accent. Not everyone has to be in full costume. A top hat and bow tie is sufficiently symbolic. Our expert historian is here to help us with our costumes. But, we do have to be properly outfitted in some way, shape or form.
The Dublin tradition is to dress in Edwardian costumes. Leaders of past D.C. Bloomsday events do not fixate on historical accuracy, but have found that a good impression of early 1900s Dublin can be made with the following tips:
For Gentlemen: Tweed, linen or white jackets, hats of some sort including caps or boaters, bow ties and suspenders. Bonus points for such additional accessories such as monocles, brass-tipped canes, lapel flowers, etc. Other looks of the time include bike delivery boy in a cap, black pants, white shirt, big apron and wicker basket on bike.
For Ladies: One style is a flouncy blouse beneath a modern-day full-length evening or bridesmaid dress with a brooch at the neck and wide belt/sash. Another look that works is white button-up blouse (with brooch), long skirt and straw hat. Bonuses for wicker baskets, up-dos, hair fascinators, dangling pearls and parasols.
Possible sources could include back of the closet, elderly relatives, local thrift store, or that pal who's really great at coming up with original Halloween outfits.
Get in the spirit by watching this Dublin video and thanks in advance for agreeing to our madcap idea.
Bring your own bike -- ideally vintage* -- and picnic lunch. Feel free to post your costume questions on our Facebook event page.
* Want to buy a head turner for the occasion? We suggest a classic Pashley Cycles jewel, such as the Countryman or Princess, available now at BicycleSPACE.
Tour de Fat on May 30
Who likes beer, bikes and bemusement?
Spend a seasonal Saturday down by the river side wearing a crazy costume, riding in a bike parade of colorful characters and drinking bicycle-friendly beer for a good cause. Cruel punishment, we know.
Three cheers for the Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing's celebration of beer-loving bicycle culture at its ... weirdest?
Are you ready for this -->
2015 DC Tour de Fat at a Glance
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2015
Time: Costumed bike parade at 11 a.m. Festival from 12 to 5 p.m.
Location: Yards Park, 355 Water St SE
Admission: Free!
Beer: Cash bar (via tokens)
BicycleSPACE pre-festival ride: Pickups in Adams Morgan (9 a.m.) and Mt. Vernon Triangle (9:45 a.m.) to arrive in time to ride in the 11 a.m. costumed bike parade.
Proceeds from beer sales benefit D.C. bicycle non-profits such as the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) and Black Women Bike D.C. Translation: you drink beer. The money you pay for said beer supports local bike organizations that serve our community's interests. Cheers!
If you're overwhelmed by the Tour de Fat spirit, you can catch the pre-game action Wednesday-Friday, May 27-29.
Tour de Fat Trivia takes place at 8 p.m. on May 27 at Stoney’s L Street, 2101 L St NW. Play trivia to win fun prize packages and quench your thirst with $4 Fat Tires and $14 pitchers.
WABA and New Belgium are hosting a pre-Tour party for volunteers and beer nerds on May 28 at Churchkey, 1337 14th St NW, from 6 to 9 p.m. Get lucky and you could win a 2015 Custom Cruiser in the raffle. Get hoppy and sip 15 New Belgium drafts, including six Lips of Faith beers and five New Belgium brews on cask. (Click here to volunteer with WABA at the Tour de Fat.)
The Tour de Fat pre-show is May 29 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Yards Park. Musicians and performers will entertain you while New Belgium beers refresh you. This free show will set the mood for the big day Saturday.
Last but not least, congratulations to Instagram user @chipper_skipper, whose lovely photo won a BicycleSPACE tune-up in the Tour de Fat DC photo contest.
Bike to Work Day 2015: One for the history books
A record 17,500+ people joined in Bike to Work Day this year. You -- the new and longtime Washington Area bicyclists -- are proof that bicycle commuting is viable, efficient, enjoyable and increasingly mainstream. Thank you for bicycling on May 15 and sending this message just by being you.
All year around, bicyclists are the VIPs of our community. On the day when bicyclists are in the spotlight, we draw attention far and wide. A Cabinet Secretary wanted to join our movement, so we welcomed U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez to our upcoming Mt. Vernon Triangle shop at 440 K St NW.
We learned Sec. Perez is a serious cyclist in real life. He didn't speak from the podium with the microphone, but he was most assuredly there with us. Dressed in cycling gear, the Secretary rolled his bike down the red carpet then spoke informally with bicyclists.
We also received visits from Tommy Wells, Director of the District Department of the Environment; D.C. Councilmember David Grosso; and D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen.
We rolled out the red carpet for you and you looked mahvelous, dahling.
The photographic evidence:
440 K St NW was the place to see and be seen on the red carpet.
More multimedia:
Instagram video from the red carpet
A time-lapse video of Sec. Perez's Bike to Work Day ride to us
Wouldn't it be great if there were more bike lanes and better bicycle infrastructure? We're working on it. Help show strength in numbers and advocate with us.
For starters, please stay up to date with Washington Area Bicyclist Association campaigns and calls to action. Also, we encourage you to get involved in the D.C. Bicycle Advisory Council, a public agency comprised of bicyclists appointed by D.C. elected officials. The council's job is to advise policymakers on legislative matters of interest to bicyclists. The council issues advisory recommendations to improve the transportation system for bicyclists. BicycleSPACE co-owner Erik Kugler is a BAC member appointed by Councilmember Grosso. D.C. residents are invited to attend the council's public meetings and to serve on its committees. The council meets at 6 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month at 441 4th St NW.
Bike to Work Day 2015
In this year of exciting growth to three BicycleSPACE shops, May 15 Bike to Work Day is especially meaningful to us. We're proud to sponsor this benchmark event that shows policymakers the quantifiable demand for better bicycle infrastructure.
So, where's the party?
Our home base is the Mt. Vernon Triangle pit stop at 440 K St NW, site of our upcoming shop. We're literally rolling out the red carpet for you there.
This being a special occasion, prominent elected and appointed officials will join you -- our everyday VIPs -- at Mt. Vernon Triangle.
We're expecting visits from:
- Hon. Tom Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor
- Hon. Tommy Wells, Director, District Department of the Environment
- Hon. David Grosso, D.C. Councilmember
- Hon. Charles Allen, D.C. Councilmember (pending confirmation)
As we grow to the largest bicycle retailer in D.C., we're adding 40 jobs to employ a total of 70+ people. We're proud to stand as a D.C.-based small business on the cusp of exponential growth and we're honored that Sec. Perez is literally standing with us. (Do you want in? Yes, we're hiring).
The Secretary will speak at approximately 8:30 a.m.
Let's amass our BicycleSPACE community spirit and show the power of our numbers during the Secretary's remarks. Please plan to stay for the Secretary's appearance to represent the best of Bike D.C. We'd be so grateful if you'd re-route yourself to come to 440 K St NW.
What's more, our neighbors at Baked & Wired would love to see and feed you. The cafe isn't open yet, but Baked & Wired will be there with sample sizes of Hippie Crack Granola for you. Le Pain Quotidien and Safeway are also generously donating breakfast for you. BicycleSPACE thanks the Mt. Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District for our fruitful partnership.
While you fuel up, you can get to know Arc'teryx, a Canadian retailer of rugged, fashionable outerwear. The company recently opened its first D.C. shop and will be at the pit stop to exhibit its high-performance apparel.
If another pit stop is more convenient to you, please join us at Freedom Plaza or Adams Morgan. The parties will be large and lively at both places.
You can also find us at these pit stops:
- Edgewood (Metropolitan Branch Trail)
- NoMa
- Capitol Riverfront at Canal Park
- Columbia Heights (afternoon)*
*For those who just can't get enough of the fun, come to the Bike from Work pit stop in Columbia Heights from 4 to 7 p.m. We'll be there to let the good times roll, BicycleSPACE style.
Please be sure to register. Signing up really does count as meaningful data that helps improve bicycling facilities.
See you and your bike in the Bike to Work Day spotlight Friday!
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Public service announcement: One of the best kept transportation secrets is a program called Guaranteed Ride Home. It serves bicyclists, transit riders and others who live car-free or car-lite. If you need to get home in an emergency, unexpected or unscheduled situation, your ride is guaranteed for free.