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Bikes

The Top 40, or, who KGS Custom Bicycles is seeking

2 April 2011

Are you part of the Top 40? If you are Casey Kasem, you are a referring to a popular pop song. Well at KGS Custom Bicycles, we have the ability to build about 40 custom bikes a year. As such, we are looking for 40 people around the world who want to be completely blown [...]

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Choosing the bike that is right for you. Why marketing departments make it difficult. They know you will be biased for them.

4 March 2011

In the custom bicycle business, KGS Bikes plays by different rules than the rest of the industry. Educating consumers so they can make objective decisions about the right bicycle to buy or whether their current bike is right or wrong for them is remarkably difficult. It seems that people aren’t really very good at listening [...]

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

2 March 2011

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’s up at the North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show?

25 February 2011

I am taking a couple of day trips to Austin to see the North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show. Of course lots of friends will be there and I hope to meet many more. I will tote my camera along and am sure to have some great shots to post soon.

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Triathletes and Bicycle Racers – The Pitfalls of Bicycle Sponsorship

8 February 2011

As spring approaches, more and more people are contacting KGS Bikes to ask us to fit them to their new bikes that are provided by sponsors. Some are wanting to get fitting data so they can choose a bike that a sponsor provides. In all of these cases, we have to educate and in many [...]

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KGS Bikes does Ebay Stores

27 January 2011

Since KGS Bikes has so little local traffic, we are focusing more and more on designing custom bicycles and FrameUp™ kits for our clients. Because of this, we are cleaning out stuff that has gathered over the years. We post items in our eBay Store that are either new items for sale at retail, such [...]

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Topolino UpGrade Program – turn used Topolinos into new ones for less.

26 January 2011

Topolino has always done a great job supporting their products, and this announcement came to us today. This is their message: We are pleased to announce the 2011 Topolino UpGrade Program! Simply turn in your USED Revelation or Carbon Core wheelset to receive huge discounts on a NEW True Black wheelset. This is a great [...]

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Try a Peak 8 workout for free at the KGS Bikes Studio on the Tacx Fortius trainer

25 January 2011

While we have been talking about the benefits of super high intensity training, specifically Peak 8 training, (sorry about the need to register, but it is free) much of it has centered around finding a hill outside that will suffice to provide the resistance. The Tacx Fortius Multiplayer trainer that is set up at KGS [...]

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Spring Special – KGS Bikes

22 January 2011

The bicycle industry is very cyclical, and the busy season starts the end of January. What this means for custom bikes is lead times increase, so everything takes longer and shortages are common. This year is predicted to be particularly bad because the economy is improving here, plus a lot of inventory that was manufactured [...]

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What is a high end bicycle, anyway?

14 January 2011

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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