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Thieves nab six bikes from KirkLee
Six bicycles, including one featured in Bicycling Magazine’s Dream Road Bike of the Year competition, were stolen from a custom bike builder’s shop in Austin.
The bikes, valued at $40,000, were taken between 10 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday from the KirkLee Sports workshop at the home of Brad Cason and Cecilia Burnside, 1006 Brentwood St.
Cason, founder of KirkLee Sports, builds hand-crafted carbon-fiber road and mountain bikes.
The missing bikes include:
- KirkLee custom road bike, black with white logos, Sram Force components and Rolf Vector Pro wheels
- KirkLee Hibiscus flowers custom road bike, light blue with hibiscus flowers paint job, Sram Red components and DT Swiss 240 wheels
- KirkLee custom road bike featured in Bicycling Magazine’s Dream Road Bike of the Year competition (shown in photo above), marbleized blue front end with black rear end, Sram Red components and Easton EA-90SLX wheels
- KirkLee 26-inch mountain bike, black with red KirkLee logos and white stripes on the top and down tube and Sram XO components.
- Specialized Hardrock mountain bike, bright green with Shimano STX components and Rock Shox Jett front fork.
- Santa Cruz Superlight mountain bike, anodized silver with SRAM X-9 components and Fox front fork.
The bikes, Burnside says, are unique. “People who know bikes will know them,” she said.
Fliers have been distributed to area bike shops. For more information go to www.kirkleebicycles.com.
The couple was home at the time of the break-in. Their greyhound didn’t notice a disturbance.
Anyone with information about the bikes is asked to call KirkLee at (512) 371-9661 or email info@kirkleebicycles.com.
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