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cycling

The alignment of KGS Bikes with clients – What’s in it for you?

25 April 2011

We have recently changed the KGS Custom Bicycles slogan to: “The Ride of Your Life” and lots of thought has gone into the reasons for this. I like to understand why people would want to go to the effort and expense of commissioning a custom bicycle and then align our processes with those reasons. Seth [...]

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What I learned about bicycle positioning from a speed skater

12 January 2011

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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Your dream bike – What would it be?

7 December 2010

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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Nodera bike 1

4 December 2010

Nodera bike 1 Originally uploaded by iyoupapa The Mavic yellow motorcycles are omnipresent in major bicycle racing venues. I got a chuckle with this picture as it appears that they train the riders a little younger in Japan than in the US!

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“The Street” Magazine likes $30,000 bikes and KGS too.

1 December 2010

I recently got a call from Nate Herpich at TheStreet.com as they wanted to know what the big deal was with our top of the line Tier 3 bicycles. They published a nice article here and I thought you might like to read it. Thanks so much for looking and commenting.

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Australian Craig Alexander wins Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore triathlon, 3 hours 47 minutes and 24 seconds

19 November 2010

Channelnewsasia.com just reported that Craig Alexander, a triathlete from Australia, won the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Sinapore triathlon in a blistering 3 hours 47 minutes and 24 seconds. He beat his rival, Chris McCormack, by 3 minutes and 18 seconds to bring home a prize purse of US$25,000. The complete news item is listed here.

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Track Cycling World Championship 2009 – Mens Sprint Final 2nd Race

3 November 2010

I was a former track sprinter and even though I rarely get on the track anymore I am so excited to see the big boys (and girls) do it right. Here is a You Tube video from the Track World Championships, showing Malaysia’s Azizulhashi Awang against France’s Gregory Bauge, race won by Azizul. Video courtesy [...]

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Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. ~Mark Twain, “Taming the Bicycle”

27 October 2010

I found a great website with bicycle quotes like the one above from the great Mark Twain.

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More ride me pumps!

13 October 2010

Birthday Date Originally uploaded by Madness Rivera I have always thought beautiful women and hot bikes were a great matching. The contrast of street shoes and the bike is also fascinating. I set up a similar shot, shown here, and when I find others the are interesting I have to share!

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Old People Rule!

11 October 2010

I just returned from a productive weekend in Dallas doing bicycle fittings and wanted to share with you an experience I had with a client there. Since I do so many fittings I am used to seeing people from all walks of life and every level of fitness. It is unusual to see someone like [...]

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