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BikeTech Help Desk

What is an easy day in training?

14 March 2010

There is a big difference in the way elite athletes train vs “weekend warriors.” The biggest difference I notice is the range of intensity. The pros “hard days” are incredible. Combined with lots of training volume, the amount of work performed in some of these harder workouts must be seen to be believed. On the [...]

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Does your seatpost limit your saddle angle?

12 March 2010

The seatpost is a part of bicycles that gets lots of attention for style points. Some people like straight posts, others set back. Many carbon seatposts are on the market and some are incredibly light. The function of the seatpost is to locate the saddle in the right place for your body. It is not [...]

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Garmin 705 has updates

4 December 2009

Garmin just released the version 3.10 firmware for the 705 and I thought that besides making an announcement just mention how important it is to keep this and other devices like PowerTap or Tacx Fortius updated. The manufacturers constantly improve these things and it really does make a difference. For the Garmin, just go here [...]

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Ciamillo/Zero Gravity chooses KGS Bikes for Elite 50

12 November 2009

In the land of brake calipers, the big manufacturers, Campagnolo, Sram and Shimano all make great brakes, but there are some small companies trying to wrestle market share by doing a better job at stopping with style. I have always liked the Zero Gravity brakes and liked them even more with improvements that came year [...]

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Reply from Topolino from our BikeTech post in Ezine

7 November 2009

I had written a short BikeTech post in our last Ezine answering a question regarding my opinion of the best triathlon wheels. I incorrectly stated the weights of the Topolino VX4.0 wheels and wanted to correct this by sharing an email from Geoffrey Falkner at Topolino: Kevin, thanks for the support and testimonial. Our VX4.0 [...]

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What does your ankle have to do with saddle height?

14 September 2009

When I am helping people find their perfect position on the bicycle, saddle height is one of the many dimensions we discover in a BalancePoint™ session. While people consider the knee joint as the only significant articulation, the ankle is in fact an articulation as well. This makes a single joint movement a compound movement, [...]

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Passing Gas – How to get the most and use the least.

25 August 2009

There is a dirty little secret that some really good triathletes know. Sprinting skills pay off big time. The two reasons to have great sprinting speed are to confidently pass a competitor and to make the best time through rolling hills. From my bike racing career, surges and periods where the peloton went anaerobic were [...]

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Power Trumps Aero, to a point – Good news for triathletes and time trialists

15 August 2009

While bicycle technology has changed by leaps and bounds, fitting concepts, particularly with triathletes, have remained remarkably constant. Dan Empfield of slowtwitch.com writes in his article, F.I.S.T. Axioms, 1) Most pro triathletes ride alike, 2) Fit and trim age group triathletes can easily adopt the same positions ridden by the pros, 3) Bodies are smart [...]

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

5 August 2009

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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Triathlon BikeTech Help Desk – A new focus

29 July 2009

KGS Bikes has always stood for three things: our BalancePoint(tm) fitting system that locates your particular balance points on a bicycle, the design and creation of custom bikes around you with the same level of expertise that the top professionals receive and technique consulting to give you tips the pro’s don’t want to share. We [...]

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