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BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
Galaxy Bicycles o ers a selection of bikes for people to choose from.
Galaxy Bicycles owner Andy Howard builds a bicycle wheel.
PHOTOS BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN COMMUNITY IMPACT
Galaxy Bicycles continues to prosper in San Marcos
Galaxy Bicycles sells a wide variety of bicycle accessories, including helmets.
community stakeholder, purchase some commercial real estate and build a spot to suit my needs.” Galaxy Bicycles sells bicycle accessories along with all types of bikes from di erent brands, including Giant, Pivot, Moots, All-City and Salsa. The bike shop o ers two rides each week. Each ride ends with a trip to the river and then a return to the bike shop for watermelon. What’s special about it? Galaxy Bicycles does wheel building, which, according to Howard, is not as common anymore. Howard picks out the hub and rim, cuts the spokes to the right length, and laces them up. The bicycle shop also has a niche for higher-end, more di cult repairs.
For Galaxy Bicycles owner Andy Howard, bike riding has always been a constant in his life. “It’s just one of my life passions,” Howard said. The full story Howard opened The Hub Cyclery, a full-service bicycle shop, on the square in downtown San Marcos in 2008 while he was still an undergraduate student at Texas State University. In March 2020, the bike shop was renamed Galaxy Bicycles and relocated to 500 S. Guadalupe St. He decided to move for a number of reasons. “Parking was a real issue there. ... My customers really struggled to access my business. I was also paying rent,” Howard said. “Although my landlord was fantastic, I wanted the opportunity to be a
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