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Advocacy

Dex Tooke RAAM Dress Rehearsal Training Ride photo gallery

9 May 2010

Dex Tooke is training for a solo transatlantic crossing by bicycle in the Race Across America. We created a gallery on Flickr that shows a “Dress Rehearsal” training ride to get the crew up to speed. Here is what Dex sent us along with the photos: Hi Kevin, Just an update on my RAAM training. [...]

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Fenders aren’t for Freds!

21 March 2010

Fall is upon us in San Antonio and the first cold front is creeping down from the North. This means our drought is going to end soon. The requirements of our bicycles to adapt to rainy conditions (or be relegated to the garage) is upon us. I am as spoiled as the next person who [...]

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KGS Bikes – Starting Over, from Fat to Fit

18 March 2010

I have heard the quote, “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor, and rich is better”. My experience with cycling is, “I’ve been fit and I’ve been fat, and fit is better!” For better or for worse, I have had to start over riding a bicycle quite a few times since I am and forever [...]

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KGS Bikes – Bridging the Gap

10 March 2010

“Fixed Air” Originally uploaded by sewin It seems like the first week of 2009 was just a day. It appears many folks are scrambling right now. I have had some interesting conversations with clients and wanted to share two with you. The first story centers around a client who travels a lot, so only visits [...]

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Bikes In Lane – New road sign to replace “Share the Road”

9 March 2010

I have been a cycling advocate for over 25 years, writing and preaching to all who will listen (and some that won’t!) about Claim your Lane! and Share the Road! I have never been a huge proponent of building more bike lanes because of the expense, the problems in maintenance and the associate collection of [...]

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Bike Lane Justice, from Velo Chic NYC

7 August 2009

I have written about some of the problems with bike lanes, including trash and cars occupying them. Check this blog post from my friend at Velo Chic NYC with some great pictures of bike lanes with trash, potholes, a car parking in the lane and the constabulatory issuing a ticket to a scofflaw.

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Help Jen Benepe cover the TDF in person

5 July 2009

My friend Jen Benepe is a NY journalist who is self funding a trip to Europe to cover the Tour de France in person and report back to us. I am posting her daily Tour reports on the KGS Bikes Blog and am announcing her advertising offer for Benepe’s Bike Blog. As you know, I [...]

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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 [...]

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From Austin to San Antonio to get Perfectly Fit

23 April 2009

I recently became friends with Eli Cohen who is the product expert at REI in downtown Austin. He is also part of Red Licorice Events, run by “Sweet and Twisted” Leilani Perry and Erin Truslow. I am a new sponsor for triathlons that the Red Licorice Events team produce and when Eli heard about my [...]

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