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Easy Street sunset
Having announced this in our email list and on our Facebook pages, I'll say it here for you website readers: Easy Street Recumbents is shutting down showroom operations. The Austin showroom will shut down at the end of April 2023. Mike will switch to doing trike...
COVID-19 message from Easy Street
March 2021 update: Regardless of what the governor says, both Easy Street locations will maintain existing distancing and mask protocols until the authorities offer some kind of substantiated reason why we should relax our guard. This is a war, and it isn't over...
ESR News, February 2020, with HOT Rally news, product news, and my annual round of self congratulations
EVENT NEWS 2020 Rally and Demo Day Time to crank up the ballyhoo machine again and remind everyone about the upcoming 2020 Heart of Texas Recumbent Rally, taking place in Keller (Fort Worth) on March 21-22. Registration is available online at...
Shop news, December 2019
The bike biz is as it always has been – fun, but littered with broken dreams. Every year many shops start, many fail, and the rest struggle along in an often crowded market where no one makes much money. Many mainstream bike shops still avoid recumbents, citing the...
Product updates, December 2019
I haven't done a roundup on these product updates for a while. Sorry if this is old news to some. Let me know if you have any questions or need clarifications. I'll try to get some images added to this, but having sat on this info long enough I think I'll just get...
2020 Rally and ‘Bent Event, Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22nd
For our 2020 rally and spring event, ESR will develop on an earlier concept and borrow from the Heart of Texas Recumbent Rallies we've done in recent years. The new 'Bent Event will be a combination of a public demo day, where the recumbent-curious can come and try...
If you think you are fast…
... then if you are reading this you are probably mature enough to race in either the Dallas or College Station Senior Games. The reason I bring this up is because Bacchetta Bikes has gotten a wild hair to support athletes racing Bacchettas in the Senior Games. ...
The Laidback Bike Report is coming to The HOT!
So, this just in ... Gary Solomon and crew from the Laidback Bike Report are going to be at the HOT and we are EXCITED! The Laidback Bike Report puts together a monthly program followed by many in the recumbent community. As they describe it, "a monthly live video...
“New Stuff” by — surprise — Mike Librik, the low-tech guy himself
It has been a while since I had a chance to talk over some new products in the shop. This may be old news to some. Sorry if some of this is “long attention span theater.” Just read until you are bored. TerraTrike EVO-Bosch: Last year, TerraTrike introduced their...
Register for the HOT by 12/26 and get a special offer!
What you will get is a REALLY GOOD DEAL on our new Easy Street "Texas" jersey, designed especially for recumbent riders. It is the same jersey as we have sold in the past (and have since run out of), but we have changed "Austin" to "Texas" in honor of our two shops....