From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Real Ale Ride photos posted on Flickr

31 May 2009

I have been slowly getting back on the bike and the Real Ale Ride in Blanco was a great 65 mile test because of the hills. This ride featured a few 11-12% grades, lots more 8-10% grades and a 16% grade hill thrown in for good measure! Red Licorice Events did a marvelous job of [...]

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New Website Upgrade & Relaunch – kgsbikes.com

29 May 2009

I have been a little quiet on the blog, Facebook and twitter lately as the KGS Bikes website upgrade is almost ready to be released. A database driven website is supposed to be easy to update, but we customized the old site so much that the new Content Management System can’t read it.
I don’t want [...]

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See you at the CapTexTri

24 May 2009

The big buzz around South Texas is the Capital of Texas Triathlon, or CapTexTri. I hope to bump into a lot of friends and will be armed with my trusty camera to take a lot of pictures. These are going to be posted on Flickr and Facebook so be prepared to see yourself in a [...]

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The things you learn from others – Translation fun

22 May 2009

I had asked Campagnolo recently for assistance in a shifter issue for a time trial bike. They sent the document that I have attached, but it was wrong in two places. I changed the orientation of a slotted part to the correct position as they had it 90 degrees off for 10 speed shifters, but [...]

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“The Street” Magazine likes $30,000 bikes and KGS too.

21 May 2009

I recently got a call from Nate Herpich
at TheStreet.com as they wanted to know what the big deal was with our top of the line Tier 3 bicycles. They published a nice article here and I thought you might like to read it.
Thanks so much for looking and commenting.

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What is a high end bicycle, anyway?

20 May 2009

The bicycle industry defines “high end” bikes as those which cost over $1,500. That said, KGS custom bicycles start at around $8,000 and range up to over $30,000. Why are they so much more expensive than the bicycle industry’s definition?
I subscribe to Seth Godin’s blog and one of his posts gave me the answer [...]

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Sacred “Bike Fit” Cow – Toe down or heel down?

12 May 2009

I have been talking with folks for years about toe down vs heel down pedaling on the bike. It appears that this topic is as controversial as KOPS (Knee Over Pedal Spindle) and as such can take on “sacred cow” status.
I even read on a forum that “toe down pedaling should be avoided”, stating that [...]

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PureSport Rookie Triathlon Pics

11 May 2009

I went to the PureSport Rookie Triathlon in New Braunfels and took a bunch of pictures. Here is the photoset on Flickr. Thanks for help tagging your friends too!

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KGS Bikes Ezine is publishing today

7 May 2009

As you may know, we publish the KGS bikes ezine every other Thursday and it is getting ready to publish today. If you like great, free information on cycling, this is for you. Back issues are posted on the blog in the archives.
Thanks so much for helping make the blog and ezine so successful!

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How safe is bicycling, really?

6 May 2009

I was checking out my friends at the eco velo blog and found this great post about the relative safety of cycling.
Please read the whole article but here is the chart which I found most interesting:
Following is a list compiled by Failure Analysis Associates, Inc. (Design News, 10-4-93) comparing the fatal risk associated with participating [...]

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