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Photos by Dawn O’Neal- Shumate
Greyson Summey opened Revolution Boone – located at 376 Watauga Village Drive, Suite 6 – in 2019.
Revolution Boone
Spin Studio Owner Fosters Sense of Service, Community The cycling studio’s music was loud. The lights were down, and
colors of red, blue and pink switched on and off to the beat of songs playing over the speakers. Participants’ legs burned as they pedaled back and forth on their bikes and pushed themselves to finish the ride. In front, Greyson Summey shouted encouraging words from atop her bike,
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which was stationed on the platform she built herself. Behind the riders on the wall were large backward white letters, that when they looked in the mirror while riding, it spelled “Pedal with Purpose.” She painted those too. Greyson’s labors of love surrounded the cyclers as they finished their ride. Every detail, from the type of bike to the signs on the wall to the lights in the room,
was handpicked by Greyson. As the owner of Revolution Boone, a cycling studio in Boone’s Watauga Village, Greyson uses her studio to uplift and encourage those who ride there. “I’ve always been just kind of that cheerleader in the background. That’s kind of been my thing,” Greyson says. However, Greyson’s journey with fitness began way before she opened aawmag.com
