Article By: Xavier Muriel And Photos By: Heather Callen & Melissa Shoemaker
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owdy Y’all, can you tell I just got back from the annual Giddy Up, in New Braunfels Texas, about an hour south of Austin. Like most events, what started out as a few guys getting together to talk and show their work off, soon grew into a must-attend gathering. Set way back off Hwy 35 in a sleepy little dusty town, is an assembly of what you would probably see in the olden days of riding. Did you ever see those old biker movies where the grain of the film matches the dirt in the hair of the actors? Well, that’s what this looks like. As a first-time attendee, I was anxious to see what the turn our would be like. Man, was I blown away. Tons of bikes yet the opposite of what I just experienced at Bike Week just a few weeks ago. Most of the bikes, not all, but most looked like they had been ridden in from the other side of the country. The
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