NEWSFLASH: Texas Custom (Handbuilt) Bicycle Show is coming to Austin!

I just received the following email from Glenn Thompson, main builder at DalTex Handmade Bicycles and the organizer of the Texas Custom Bicycle Show, filled with some really freaking awesome news:

I could not more excited about the 2009 Texas Custom Bicycle Show partnering with the Lance Armstrong Foundation to host the show at the Livestrong Village in conjunction with the Austin Livestrong Challenge.

This unique 'show within a show' concept will allow many more people to see & touch the best that Texas handmade framebuilders have to offer.

Show hours

Friday, October 23, 9 am - 5 pm (Runs in conjunction with Livestrong Packet Pick-Up/Registration) Austin Convention Center

Saturday, October 24, 9 am - 1 pm (Runs in conjunction with Livestrong Packet Pick-Up/Registration) Austin Convention Center

Sunday, October 25, 8:30 am - 5 pm (Village is part of the Post-Event Party adjacent to the Road Ride Finish Line) Dripping Springs, Tx

This event has 6,000 participants. Many participants will bring one or two family & friends. Traffic at the show will be huge.

Check out the current exhibitor list below:

Crumpton Cycles
Southwest Frameworks
True Fabrications
Alchemy
Kirklee
Dominion
Gallus Cycles
Massengill Cycles
Daltex Handmade Bicycles
Violet Crown Cycles

Great news all around. Thanks for all the hard work in bringing this to Austin, Glenn, and hell of a list of builders you've compiled! I wasn't familiar with all the builders myself, so I figured neither were all of y'all. Here are links to their pages and their cities of origin. Looks like quite a few in the 512:

Crumpton Cycles - Austin
Southwest Frameworks - Dallas
True Fabrications - Austin
Alchemy - Austin
Kirklee - Austin
Dominion - Austin
Gallus Cycles - Fort Worth
Massengill Cycles - Dallas
Daltex Handmade Bicycles - Dallas
Violet Crown Cycles - Austin