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Visit to Mellow Johnnys

On vacation, I went to Mellow Johnny’s in Austin, TX.  I was sooooo looking forward to making the pilgrimage.  Lance is a hero of mine and this was a chance to see the bike shop.

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I am exploding rainbows walking up to the shop.  I made it !!!  When I got there everyone was really nice.  I met the barrista at Juan Pelota’s (The coffee shop) and he manages the twitters for Mellow Johnnys (http://twitter.com/mellowjohnnys) and Juan Pelota Cafe (http://twitter.com/juanpelotacafe).  He knew is coffee and served me up good.  I got 1 pound of “Fixie Dust” and 1 pound of “Major Taylor”  Major Taylor is my favorite.  The store really set up nice with a repair shop, coffee store and bike store all rolled into on.  Right in downtown Austin.  I wish I had time to rent a bike and go for a ride.  There were lots of people milling about; some locals and goofy tourist like me.  Great positive vibe all over the place.  As far as swag, I picked up a Mellow Johnnys Jersey, shirt, couple water bottles, a hat and 2 pounds of coffee.  I where them with pride :)

Make sure you visit the guy at the coffee shop.  He has tattoo on his arms and is really cool.  I wish I could remember his name but he gave me good info.

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My picture in front of one of the yellow jerseys.  This is frikin cool.

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3 of the 7 Jerseys

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And the other 4 jerseys

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This is a huge piece of art on the wall.  Look at the size of the bike next to it.

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A cool bike hanging from the ceiling.

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One of Lance’s Treks I assume.

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And another.

Downstairs, they had a training facility and a few bikes on display.  There was one of Lances and a couple others.  Pretty cool.  They do good work.

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This is the training aread.

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A jersey on the wall that looked important so I took a picture of it.

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Me outside the Juan Pelota Cafe.  Great coffee.

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Me leaving :(

I spent about two hours just milling around and looking at everything.  The prices were fair and I wish I would buy a bike from there.  I would love to say: “Yeah my bike is from Lance’s Shop”

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