From the monthly archives:

November 2010

Regarding bicycles, men are from Mars, women are from Venus

30 November 2010

I had a lovely woman come into the studio yesterday and we discussed gears on bicycles and how they worked. Apparently she didn’t know how to use them and nobody helped her learn. This post is to all the women in the world who get frustrated with bicycles and elitist riders who make them feel [...]

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Tri Team Transport Chooses KGS Bikes in San Antonio

29 November 2010

Anyone who travels with a bicycle knows the hassle, expense and potential for damage that surrounds this necessary evil in our sport. Triathletes have a bigger problem as the aerobars make the bike even more difficult to transport and the opportunity for Murphy’s Law to rear its ugly head is more likely. Tri Team Transport [...]

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Who decides what bike you want, or Would Cesaer have wanted a Cervelo?

28 November 2010

Cesaer probably wouldn’t want a Cervelo, since he couldn’t have known about them. The job of marketing companies is to make you aware of their products. I am amazed at some big bicycle companies marketing brilliance. They are able to make bicycles “win” races without athletes and make you want a particular brand so badly [...]

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On the road to mediocrity, from Seth’s Blog

27 November 2010

I subscribe to Seth Godin’s blog and often get pearls of wisdom. His short entry today described my place in the bicycle retail biz, fighting mediocrity, as well as how all of us succumb at one time or another. On the road to mediocrity Along the way, we settle. We settle for something not quite [...]

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What the bicycle industry wants – Paraphrased from Seth’s Blog

26 November 2010

I write many times about parallels to my industry when I get pearls of wisdom from Seth Godin. He wrote a doozy today regarding how I see the bike biz. Here is the post with my comments below: What the industry wants It’s easy to get trapped wondering what consumers want, and then being frustrated [...]

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Bicycle fitter vs. designer-What’s the difference?

25 November 2010

I was on a ride this weekend and a friend was introducing me and stumbled when describing what I do for a living. I realized that I need to improve the definition of what goes on at KGS Bikes. I figure if I heard this confusion once, it happens a lot behind my back! KGS [...]

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KGS Bikes – Pez found us

24 November 2010

I was checking out Pez Cycling News yesterday and had to browse the Daily Distractions. Our buddy Jen Benepe who designed our KGS Bikes jersey had a pic on there recently and I wanted to see if a picture of my training buddy Cynthia would get their attention. It did. Thanks, Cynthia, Jen and Parlee.

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Find your Road Bike Setup like a Pro

23 November 2010

Since I added a post on the way to find your tri bike setup, I am now working on my program to help you define your road bike setup. I have two graphics in this post, the first one being an alternative to the one I use in the KGS Bikes studio. The second one [...]

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Advantages of a new frame vs a new bike

22 November 2010

Since the triathlon season is winding down soon, I am getting more calls from folks wanting advice on their tri bikes plus info on road bikes. Because of the recent boom in the bike business, many people have bicycles less than two years old and want to know what I recommend given the state of [...]

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Parlee Z1 Bespoke Bike build sequence

21 November 2010

Parlee Z1 Bespoke Bike build sequence Originally uploaded by KevinSaunders Parlee Z1 Bespoke Bike build sequence At KGS Bikes we are very careful when building a bicycle. The owner of this bespoke Parlee Z1 wanted one of our commemorative coffee table book sets (11 x 14 plus 4 x 5) so we photographed the build [...]

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