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Five ways to tell if your bike doesn’t fit

kgsbikes — Sun, 01 May 2011 19:01:43 +0000

We get calls at KGS Custom Bicycles for bike fittings on a regular basis. If we are going to be any good at designing custom bikes we have to draw the line in the sand regarding fitting you to a bike or designing a bike to fit you. The bike industry is abuzz with fit [...]

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Five ways to tell if your bike doesn’t fit

If you don’t know bicycles, (or even if you do), know your bicycle dealer

kgsbikes — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:15:58 +0000

At KGS Bikes, I meet many people who are not bike racers, who are not bike mechanics. They simply want their bicycle to be comfortable and safe, want it to work well and they want the experience to be fun. Most people don’t understand the difference between a custom bicycle that is designed around them, [...]

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What I learned about bicycle positioning from a speed skater

kgsbikes — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:51:22 +0000

The 2010 Winter Olympics are happening and yesterday I saw Apolo Anton Ohno capture a silver medal which puts him in some pretty good company with Bonnie Blair and Eric Heiden. You might ask, “What does ice skating have to do with bicycling?” Well, it is not so much ice skating, but skating in general. [...]

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KGS Bikes – What a global cycling community means

kgsbikes — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:18:46 +0000

I am reaching out to cycling friends around the world. KGS Bikes doesn’t sell anything but ultra high end products, and with that, there are relatively few people in a given area with the means to buy bicycles at this level, combined with the desire to have a bicycle that is totally designed around the [...]

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Custom bicycle frames vs Semi-Custom. What is best for you?

kgsbikes — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:48:44 +0000

KGS Bikes is in the custom bicycle business, yet we offer Parlee semi-custom models as well. We are asked many times, “What is the difference?” and it is really quite simple. The difference revolves around the way frames are chosen, and the confidence one will have of the correct position if a semi-custom frame is [...]

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Your dream bike – What would it be?

kgsbikes — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:48:12 +0000

If you could have anything designed for your new dream bike, what would you choose? I just got an email inquiry from Brazil today and wanted to share the concept of how I help people that live halfway across the world. The first part of our conversation revolved around fitting, of course. I prefer to [...]

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Testimonial from Jeff Etessam

kgsbikes — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:56:02 +0000

I get lots of letters of appreciation from folks who like the fact that I buck the status quo and think outside the box. Here is an email plus a testimonial I received today from my friend Jeff Etessam in Dallas. Thanks Jeff! Kevin, Second ride this morning was just as good as the first. [...]

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

kgsbikes — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:32:01 +0000

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

kgsbikes — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:00:57 +0000

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

kgsbikes — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:50:58 +0000

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