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2010 Sponsors

Here is the final list of Violet Crown Club Jersey Sponsors for 2010. Please thank and welcome them.

Mangia Pizza
Louis Garneau
Crumpton Custom Carbon Bicycles - Nick Crumpton
Violet Crown Realty - JoAnne McKinney
Gateway One Consulting - Mary Beth Farrar
Bobby's Bikes - Bobby Fiddes
Linda Craig Massage - Linda Craig
North Austin Sports Medicine - Tom McVan / Dr Robert Graham
Katie Griffin Psychotherapist - Katie Griffin
Brad Houston Legal - Brad Houston (NEW)
Adaptive Concepts - Daryl Krause (NEW)
ROL Wheels - Sean Lambert (NEW)

by John Collins, Sponsor Finder Extraordinaire




Law Office of Bradley Houston
Representing Injured Cyclists

Call (512) 473-2130
or email Brad Houston brad@bradhoustonlaw.com

1204 San Antonio Street, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78701
www.BradHoustonLaw.com

Brad Houston is a lawyer with a unique background of legal experience and is committed to helping people. Mr. Houston started his legal career with the California firm of Gray, Cary (now DLA Pipe) doing direct representation of large and small companies. When he returned to his home state of Texas, Mr. Houston served the people of the State of Texas as an Assistant District Attorney and served Travis County as an Assistant County Attorney. Working in the public sector, Mr. Houston developed a passion for fighting for individuals who were victimized by crimes and other wrongs.

For over ten years, Mr. Houston experienced great success and enormous satisfaction by directly representing individuals against insurance companies, trucking companies, state and local government agencies in a variety of cases, including personal injury, wrongful death, and civil rights violations. Mr. Houston represents his clients in most cases on a contingent-fee basis and gives free initial consultations.

Mr. Houston has been specifically involved in the bicycling community as a rider, racer, and a lawyer representing injured cyclists.

 

 

ROL Wheels

Sean Lambert

http://www.rolwheels.com/

512-219-1145

VOLANT WINS AGAIN - 2009 Best Clincher Wheelset - Road Bike Review

"At ROL Wheels, we strive to provide our customers with world-class wheels and rims at a great price, with a great attitude, at an unparalleled level of integrity and service. We aim to offer Nordstrom-like customer service and we've committed ourselves to never letting our customers down! At ROL, we're confident that we can enhance your riding experience regardless of the wheel set you choose. Get your ROL on !"

ROL Wheelworks was developed by its founder, Sean Lambert, in the fall of 2004. Sean grew up in Boulder, Colorado where he developed a love for cycling at an early age. As a kid, he had the privilege of seeing some of the world's greatest cyclists race in Colorado each summer in the Coors Classic; guys like LeMond, Hinault, Fignon, Hampsten, Phinney, Kiefel and others. Sean says, "It was at that point that I knew I wanted to be in the bike business one day." Some 20 years later, ROL Wheels became a reality. That fire still burns today.

Our goal is to promote a fresh new attitude to the world of cycling and triathlon.
 




Adaptive Concepts


Daryl Krause

http://www.adaptcon.com/

19408 Vilamoura
Pflugerville, Tx 78660
512.453.4746

Adaptive Concepts is an Austin, Texas based company and offers a wide assortment of Internet and networking solutions for the business, home office, and home.

Adaptive Concepts was founded in 1998 as an Austin based technology consulting firm. Whether you need a simple LAN or a complex WAN or you need basic HTML website or state-of-the-art E-Commerce site utilizing some of the newest Javascript or CGI programs, we want to satisfy your information system needs.

Review our website for references and learn more about the professional services we offer. See why Adaptive Concepts is the right choice for you and your company.

A client list can also be found on our website.





Katie Griffin, MA, LPC, CGP
 Psychotherapy for individuals, groups, couples, and families.

Areas of specialty:
Group psychotherapy for high-functioning adults seeking to optimize their relationships of all kinds.
 
Sexuality and sexual issues especially bisexuality
Addiction (substances or processes) especially as complicated by trauma
Career changes
Grief and Loss
Consultation and training for clinicians

Current group opportunities:
Monday night 5-6.30pm women's group (currently full)
Tuesday lunchtime 11.30-1.00pm women's group (places available)
Thursday night 5.30pm mixed gender group (places available)
Now forming - training group for early career clinicians
Please call for an assessment for any of these groups or for an individual appointment.

Katie Griffin
(512) 656-4067
katielgriffin@yahoo.com
4103 Marathon Blvd, Suite 200C, Austin, Texas 78756



Bobby's Bikes
 
Bobby Fiddes is the sole owner and chief mechanic at Bobby's Bikes located in Central Austin off 35th Street. Bobby was a chief mechanic for a high end Austin bike shop until early 2008 when he embarked on starting his own business. After 23+ years of doing repairs and mechanic work Bobby decided to go out on his own. Bobby is a great mechanic and has geared his business toward the entire spectrum of bike repair.  It is not unusual to see local pro bikes in there as well as many Violet Crown Club member's bikes. One great aspect of how Bobby runs his business is his ability to do great work while you bring your bike in. A simple phone call ahead of time to give him some warning and then come on down and let him at your bike. I even can do a real testamonial here: the day before an out of town cross race I had Bobby work on my cross bike. He inserted new brake pads, realigned the brakes, and then figured out I had the wrong spacer on my rear Shimano cassette ( who knew there is a diference between Ksyrium and Zipp cassette spacers on Shimano ?). Bobby also was able to fix a front tire flat and reglue the tire ...all done while I was there.
 
And I am saving the best news for last...Bobby has the best repair prices in town without doubt! Check him out! Bobby also can get parts for you and runs "base mechanic" courses for men and women. He also has some great stories and a bull terrier.
John Collins

Robert (Bobby) Fiddes
www.Bobbysbike.com
Bobbysbike@gmail.com
512-947-1339

NASM - North Austin Sports Medicine
 
S. BRENT BROTZMAN, M.D.,PA Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
ROBERT D. GRAHAM II, M.D. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Texas Orthopaedic Association.
 
12176 North Mopac, Suite D
Austin, TX 78758
Phone: 512.977.0000
Fax:     512.977.0020
Email:tom@nasportsmed.com
http://www.northaustinsportsmedicine.com/home.html

We deliver compassionate, comprehensive, and cutting edge orthopedic care to Austin and Central Texas. Dr. Brotzman¢s and Dr. Graham's areas of special interests and skill sets include:

    * Sports Medicine Injuries
    * Fracture care
    * Arthroscopic Procedures
    * Additional subspecialty training in injuries of lower extremity (foot and ankle)
    * Arthroscopic knee surgery (ACL,meniscus, cartilage transfer)
    * Arthroscopic shoulder surgery
    * Elbow surgery
    * Total knee replacement and total hip replacements using mini incisions Our fundamental goal is helping patients stay healthy and active. Dr. Brotzman is considered a nationally recognized expert in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of the injured athlete. His active academic background as a lecturer and a textbook author in this area allows our clinic to offer thorough evaluation and treatment of these types of injuries, helping our patients achieve their fitness and activity goals.
Our clinic philosophy is to treat you and your family as we would treat our own family. With kindness, warmth, compassion and dignity.

Violet Crown Realty is a unique group of REALTOR®s who have joined together to multiply our skills and increase our service to our clients.  We believe that working together we can locate and sell homes faster and provide excellent customer service.  Please feel free to contact one of my teammates if you are ever unable to reach me.
 
JoAnne McKinney and her team work 100% by referral and are ClubNet members with Buffini & Company, the largest business coaching network in the country. JoAnne is a five time Peak Performer, a Buffini Certified Mentor, on the national Buffini advisory committee, and the coordinator for the Central Texas ClubNet Regional meetings. JoAnne works equally well with first-time homebuyers & seasoned home-owners, investors & developers, simplifying the contract-to-closing process and meticulously checking the steps so you don't have to!

Mission Statement: To Positively Impact & Improve peoples' lives!
Core Values: Continual Education, Targeted Excellence, Balanced Growth & First-class Service

JoAnne McKinney, Broker/Owner, GRI, CRS, ABR
Violet Crown Realty
943 East 51st Street Austin , TX 78751
512.628.0990 wk · 512.628.0992 fax ·  801.9001 mb   JoAnne@VioletCrownRealty.com
http://www.VioletCrownRealty.com/

Gateway One Consulting
"Your One source for a world of IT possibilities"
 http://www.gatewaycon.com/contact.html
 Information: 512-694-9576
 Fax: 512-447-0845
 E-Mail: info@gatewaycon.com
 Contact Person: MaryBeth Farrar
           
Gateway One Consulting, Inc. (GOC) was founded by MaryBeth Farrar in 1994. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is minority owned and operated and has been a HUB vendor (Historically Underutilized Business) since 1996. Gateway One Consulting, Inc. is a leading management and consulting firm that delivers business driven solutions encompassing Information Technology Professionals. By utilizing our large database of outstanding candidates, we can provide short and long-term contract staffing as well as permanent employment options for your regular employment positions.
We believe in forming strategic partnerships with our clients and other well-established vendors, responding to their changing needs in an effort to maximize resources and opportunities for them and the consultants we provide. With this experience, we are able to effectively understand your unique needs and present solutions that best achieve your goals.

Crumpton Carbon Fiber Bicycles
 http://www.crumptoncycles.com
 Phone: 512.459.7458
 Email Nick at - nick@crumptoncycles.com

Crumpton Cycles continues to strive to deliver the best carbon fiber bikes we can. Nick Crumpton still personally builds each one in Austin, Texas. Each made to order for every rider who selects one of our carbon fiber frames. Truly custom made - in the U.S. A.While the basic method of construction has not changed, we continue to refine our custom carbon fiber bicycle frames. We are introducing our new rear seat and chainstays of our own design and their seamless integration results in an even sleeker look. Crumpton Cycles has all new styling for 2007 and - check out our track frames - also new for 2007.
All bikes are guaranteed against workmanship and manufacturing defects for 10 years.

Nick Crumpton's SL-1 wins 2008 Bicycling Magazine Editors' Choice Dream Bike of the Year award.

http://tinyurl.com/44oadp (video of Bicycle Magazine Editor praising and testing the SL-1) Greg Hall won the Coldspring 45+ (5/3/08) on his brand new Crumpton.

Nick Crumpton, VC Sponsor, wins Best Carbon Fiber Bike award at the North American Handmde Bicycle Show. Check it out in VeloNews, March edition (pages 69-73).

Mangia Pizza
     http://www.mangiapizza.com/

Mangia Pizza was founded in Austin, Texas in November of 1988, but the idea was born in 1977 by Jeff Sayers who spent six weeks in OSHA training in Chicago, Illinois. While in Chicago, Jeff had his first taste of "real" pizza and fell in love. After several visits to Chicago over the next seven years the idea of opening a "Real" pizza restaurant of his own in Texas took shape.
In 1985, Jeff left his job with the government to work in Chicago and learn the pizza business first hand. This lesson lasted three years and Jeff came back to Texas ready to open his own "real" pizza restaurant in Austin. Jeff and his wife Michelle opened the first Mangia at 1610 San Antonio Street on Novemeber 11, 1988.
In 1989 Mangia was voted the best pizza in Austin in the Austin Chronicle Readers Poll. Mangia won again in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2002. In January 1992, Mangia moved to the larger West Anderson Lane location to have access to North Austin . Mangia currently has restaurants on Guadalupe, Mesa, Airport, Lake Austin, Gracy Farms, Round Rock, and Mangia Boat.


Linda Craig Massage
Registered Massage Therapist #1414
5107 Martin Avenue
Austin 78751-2118
Phone: 512-323-6486
E-Mail: linda@lindacraigmassage.com
http://lindacraigmassage.com

30 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE / EXPERIENCE IN
SPORTS MASSAGE,  MEDICAL MASSAGE,  MYOFACIAL RELEASE,
SWEDISH TECHNIQUES,  LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE

$65 / 1 HOUR      $ 95 / HOUR & ½

Linda Craig is the subject of an Austin American Statesman article about her distinguished history of healing. Check out the Statesman article.