About Sol

Sol has been riding bikes for thousands of years (it seems). Inspired by his sister, Kassia, when he was a wee lad, he eventually found his way into a bicycle race. He would next throw away a perfectly good degree in architecture (best 7 years of my life!) to open a bike shop and sell his favorite two wheeled objects to commuters, crazies, and amateur riders just like him. Sol's favorite movie is Raising Arizona. He's the 7th child of 8. He currently rides a Scott Addict R1 with SRAM Red components, an Orbea Oiz with SRAM X0 components, and a Green singlespeed Commuter Special (with no components, but if there were, they would surely be SRAM). Sol really likes SRAM components. Sol and his lovely wife, Nicole, have a baby, Ethan, so he's got that going for him, which is nice.

About Eric

This is a great pic of Eric & Sol. Eric's wearing a Batman chest protector from Sol's nephew's Halloween costume. Anyway, he's ridden bikes his whole life but really got into it in the early 90s when he moved to Texas from the Chicago area. He used to be one of those engineering-types but got tired of the grind & spent most of his time staring out his cubicle window thinking about riding his bike. Now he's doing what he loves to do. His fave bike is his sweet 1987 50th Anniversary Schwinn Paramount painted in 50th anno gold metalflake, but he also digs riding his Scott Spark full suspension carbon XC bullet, and his Orbea Opal on the road. He's a caffeine addict, he eats all the time, and he loves to rock.

About Scott

Scott is a professional student at UT and Cat 1 road racer. He claims he has ridden and/or raced track, cyclocross, and MTB, but this is largely believed to be a myth. He does what he can to reduce the shop's carbon footprint such as recycling, reducing, and reusing as much of the shop's waste as possible, commuting by bike, not eating meat, and introducing the use of recycled and compostable products. Scott can often be found operating the shop's espresso machine to feed the collective caffeine addiction. Other interests include cute fuzzy animals, music that will annoy Eric, sleep deprivation, and discovering new ways to avoid growing up.

About Ben

Ben is a proud native Austinite, and he loves talking about how he hates developers. Other things Ben hates include bike theifs, corrupt politicians, and corrupt bike thiefs. Ben loves chemistry (a lot) and spends most of his free time playing with Acyrlic Acid and Acrylamide in some lab on campus. Yes ladies, Ben is single, so send him an email at ben@austinbikes.com, or you can find him sitting in front of a computer updating this website (instead of telling me it sucks, just get Mozilla plz) or leaning (not cleaning) at Austinbikes on Saturdays.