I saw this book in the Austin library and thought it was hilarious.
Sweet boots, man! All the hipsters who flocked to Austin for SXSW were loving this place.
This is Torchy's. More on them in a moment.
It's one little trailer in a row of 3 trailers. They have a big table area in the "trailer park eatery" and it makes for some fun dining. Unlike here in Tucson where we have breakfast burritos that weigh the size of a newborn, Austin does a less filling, more gut-friendly breakfast taco. They're pretty dang good, but I don't think I'd give up my burros.
After checking out day 1 of South by Southwest, we decided to check out Lance Armstrong's shop, Mellow Johnny's. Oh man, was there ever some cool stuff in here. Bike nerdery abounds after this sentence.
Here's Lance's Caloi branded Litespeed from when he was riding for Motorola. He won the 1993 world's on it. Sweet!
One of Lance's Tour bikes. Stars and stripes forever!
One of super-domestique George Hincapie's TT bikes.
4 of Lance's Tour jersey's. No big deal.
Downstairs leads to the training dungeon.
It also leads to a bunch of sweet custom Madones. You can see the handy work of Shepard Fairey (of Obey fame) behind the white TT Madone.
Also in the dungeon was the new frame for Team Radio Shack. Man, I'm glad they let everyone know that the frame is a Trek. You could have never guessed.
This is by far the coolest bike in the shop. It won the 2007 NAHBS (North American Handmade Bike Show). Look at the top tube and seat tube! Look at the Lugs! Look at the stem/handlebar combo! Look at the dropouts! Look at the wooden rims! Look, look, look! It only set Lance back $15,000, too.
This is Torchy's. More on them in a moment.
It's one little trailer in a row of 3 trailers. They have a big table area in the "trailer park eatery" and it makes for some fun dining. Unlike here in Tucson where we have breakfast burritos that weigh the size of a newborn, Austin does a less filling, more gut-friendly breakfast taco. They're pretty dang good, but I don't think I'd give up my burros.
After checking out day 1 of South by Southwest, we decided to check out Lance Armstrong's shop, Mellow Johnny's. Oh man, was there ever some cool stuff in here. Bike nerdery abounds after this sentence.
Here's Lance's Caloi branded Litespeed from when he was riding for Motorola. He won the 1993 world's on it. Sweet!
One of Lance's Tour bikes. Stars and stripes forever!
One of super-domestique George Hincapie's TT bikes.
4 of Lance's Tour jersey's. No big deal.
Downstairs leads to the training dungeon.
It also leads to a bunch of sweet custom Madones. You can see the handy work of Shepard Fairey (of Obey fame) behind the white TT Madone.
Also in the dungeon was the new frame for Team Radio Shack. Man, I'm glad they let everyone know that the frame is a Trek. You could have never guessed.
This is by far the coolest bike in the shop. It won the 2007 NAHBS (North American Handmade Bike Show). Look at the top tube and seat tube! Look at the Lugs! Look at the stem/handlebar combo! Look at the dropouts! Look at the wooden rims! Look, look, look! It only set Lance back $15,000, too.
So that was a little bit of my Austin trip. Hope you guys liked the pics!
2 comments:
thanks travis, maybe you could buy us some of those tt bikes
Awesome Travis,
Thanks for sharing some of your pics and stories. Need to find an excuse to go there now...
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