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Austin Bike Shop Reviews
A2W Bike Shop map and guide updated for holiday shopping, Dec 14th, 2010It’s been way too long since I updated the A2W bike shop map and guide, a contact list and interactive map of all the bike shops in Austin. Since Christmas is right around the corner, I wanted to make sure everyone had current information on where to get bikes and accessories. We’ve also had some [...]
Bike Shop Review: VO2 Triathlon & Cycles, Jan 15th, 2010
No question Austin is a triathlon town. Our summer racing calendar is littered with races from short Sprint distance to ironman distance with races like the Capital of Texas Triathlon pulling national talent to race in our city. Go on any road ride, and more than likely you’ll see at least a few riders riding [...]
Austin Bike Shop resource page updated plus new sidebar links, Aug 25th, 2009Back in March, we started a resource page for the cycling community to make it easier to find local bike shops in one spot. We created a comprehensive list of all the bike shops in town with an interactive map to make it easy to find the place you’re looking for. In that time, we’ve [...]
Austin Bike Shop Review: Nelo’s Cycle Shop, Aug 18th, 2009For the dedicated roadie, Nelo’s Cycle Shop is a little slice of heaven. Whether its the Italian racing frames, pro-cycling posters and banners, or the expert coaching and bike fitting advice of owner Nelo Breda, there is plenty to like if you run with thin wheels whether solo or tandem. Pro-Racing to Pro Shop When [...]
Eastside Pedal Pushers Grand Re-opening Party Pics On Flickr, Feb 26th, 2009I stopped in for a bit at the Eastside Pedal Pushers party on Sunday evening. There was a good crowd of around fifty there having a good time and rocking out to some REALLY loud music (nice job, I just felt too old there). Here’s a slideshow with a few pictures from the event. To [...]
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Photos from the 2011 Texas Custom Bicycle Show, Oct 17th, 2011This last weekend was the 4th Annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show at the Austin Convention Center. In addition to previous exhibitors, we saw 5 new exhibitors reflecting the growth of framebuilding in Texas and beyond. There we lots of great bikes and locally made accessories. Look for the show to return next fall but maybe [...]
Texas Custom Bicycle Show this weekend, October 15-16 at Austin Convention Center!, Oct 14th, 2011This Saturday and Sunday the Texas Custom Bicycle Show will be bringing framebuilders and bicycle accessory makes from the Lone Star State and beyond to our fair city. Since its humble start at the Frisco Velodrome in North Dallas four years ago, the show created by Daltex‘s Glenn Thompson has grown each year with over [...]
A Series of Tubes: From two wheels to three, Jul 6th, 2011“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden, Violet Crown Cycles It’s been a while since I shared a customer build from Violet Crown Cycles, but this recent project was both challenging and satisfying in that I got another person on a useful bike that they’ll [...]
Six bicycles stolen from KirkLee last night, Mar 22nd, 2011I got a call from my fellow frame builder Brad Cason at KirkLee this morning with some bad news. Someone broke in and has made off with six of his bikes. A couple of them were from his booth at NAHBS this year and one was featured in Bicycling Magazine. Please read below and keep [...]
Austin’s KirkLee takes home honors at 2011 NAHBS, Feb 28th, 2011Yesterday, the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show wrapped up in Austin with awards given for the best bikes from the show. Austin based carbon bike maker KirkLee took home the honors for Best Paint Job with their version of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night painted on a frame. Congrats to Brad Cason and his [...]
Archive of all Framebuilders ArticlesBike Industry Personality Profiles
Bike Industry Profile: Brad Beneski of FlashBak, Aug 11th, 2009If you have been on any of the Thursday Night Social Rides, you will have seen Brad Beneski. Well, you may not have seen Beneski, but you certainly will have seen his flashing back, lit up like a helicopter landing pad. The lighting system that he is sporting, called the FlashBak, was developed by Beneski [...]
Chronic Cycling Wear – Locally Grown Technical T’s and Jerseys, Feb 12th, 2009Nando Caban-Mendez is just an ordinary cyclist, with an ordinary day job as an environmental designer. “I’m not a racer,” he said. “I just love to ride bikes.” And he has designed cycling jerseys and technical t-shirts that fit that same love for bikes. He started Chronic Cycling about a year ago, and has collected [...]
My ride with Independent Fabrication, Jan 30th, 2009Today, I joined Gary Smith and Joe Ingram from custom bicycle framebuilder Independent Fabrication for a Tour of Austin ride sponsored by Bicycle Sport Shop. This ride was part of a roll out of Independent Fabrication as an offering at BSS which now joins Freewheeling as part of the IF dealer network. Gary Smith is [...]
Framebuilder Profile: Brad Cason of KirkLee Bicycles, Jan 28th, 2009Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series of articles we are doing to profile Texas handbuilt framebuilders. Life is good right now at KirkLee. In just over 12 months, framebuilder Brad Cason has taken a framebuilding business that was just an idea and generated a tremendous amount of buzz as an up [...]
Archive of all Bike Industry Personality ProfilesJobs Listings
Bicycle RE-Cycle Project looking for intern, Jun 21st, 2010This comes via the Jack & Adam’s blog who are looking for a volunteer intern to help run their Bicycle RE-Cycle Project, a drop off program that seeks to prevent old tubes and bike parts from filling up our landfills. It’s not a paid position but you do get shop discounts and free entry into [...]
Now Hiring: Part-Time Mechanic at Hammerhead Bicycles, Jan 14th, 2009Hammerhead Bicycles, a bike shop in North Austin that specializes in boutique high-end mountain bikes, road bikes, parts and accessories, is looking to hiring an experienced, part-time mechanic. According to their Craigslist posting, they are looking for someone with lots of experience. In addition to standard service you must be able to do custom bike builds, rebuild [...]
