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Bike Shop Review: VO2 Triathlon & Cycles, Jan 15th, 2010No 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 it comes [...]
I 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 [...]
Bicycle Shop Review: The Peddler, Feb 25th, 2009When you step into The Peddler, you immediately feel comfortable. There’s something about their space on North Loop that just feels “homey” and inviting. They opened in 2005, and got just a little bit more space in their admittedly tight shop in the heart of the North Loop area about six months ago. The [...]
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Friday Film Fun: Shots from the 2010 NAHBS, Mar 5th, 2010In case you haven’t been following the site in the last week, the 2010 North American Handmade Bicycle Show was held last weekend in Richmond, VA and ended with the exciting announcement that the show is coming to Austin in 2011. This will be our chance to see some of the finest crafted bicycles made [...]
More photos from NAHBS, Mar 2nd, 2010Yesterday, I posted a photo gallery from this weekend’s North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Here are more photos taken by my classmate from Doug Fattic’s framebuilding class who was able to make it to this year’s show. There are some really great bikes here and get’s me even more excited about the show coming here [...]
Images from the 2010 NAHBS in Richmond, VA, Mar 1st, 2010As we mentioned yesterday, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show is coming to Austin next February. This is exciting news and a chance for all you bike geeks to see some of the world’s best crafted bikes up close and person.
Our city also got honors at this year’s show with Austin’s own Nick Crumpton picking [...]
I just received word that the North American Handmade Bicycle Show will be held in Austin in 2011. With the growth of local framebuilding and the success of the Texas Custom Bike Show, Austin has been in the running in years past, but this is great news and a sign we are growing as one [...]
Friday Film Fun: Framebuilding roundup, Feb 26th, 2010The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is this weekend in Richmond, VA, and while I’m a framebuilder, events in my life have conspired to prevent me from attending this year. Since A2W will not have direct coverage there, here are some recently made films from various great North American framebuilders to get you thinking about [...]
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Bike Industry Profile: Brad Beneski of FlashBak, Aug 11th, 2009If you’ve been on any of the Thursday Urban Night Rides, you’ll 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 in the [...]
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 former [...]
Editor’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 and [...]
Jobs Listings
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 forks, [...]
