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Fountain of Youth

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

26 November 2010

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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Lisa “Trixie” Taylor, Ultra duathlete, triathlete, doing it right one step at a time

26 October 2010

I am always on the internet, blogosphere, you name it, building relationships one at a time for KGS Bikes. My business is involved in helping others move forward through cycling and one of the joys of this job is crossing paths with people who are working incredibly hard for their passion. As my friends know, [...]

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Why buy a bike from out of town? What a difference a day makes!

21 October 2010

The bicycle industry has evolved from a “LBS” or local bike shop industry to adding mail order using the internet. With KGS Bikes approach, a third option presents itself, the “GBS” or global bicycle studio. All three models have pluses and minuses and I would like to highlight them for you. The LBS has been [...]

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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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Triathlon as a spectator sport

3 October 2010

I have had a chance to get out of the studio and go to a few triathlons lately. I will be going to many more. I see why triathlon is growing while bicycle racing is not. The sight of all these people facing their own limits is very cool. Additionally, I have a new found [...]

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KGS Bikes – Bike shop employees who are bike snobs – Are they really better than you?

2 October 2010

Have you ever walked into a bike shop and felt like you didn’t belong? I have. Many times. In fact, the reason I started KGS Bikes was the fact that as I hated going into bike stores as an “adult with greater than 10% body fat” and at best be ignored and at worst be [...]

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Learn from Navy Seals – Compared to them, anything in cycling or triathlon is easy!

22 September 2010

“The only easy day was yesterday.” – Displayed at the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. This statement gives a glimpse of the rigors of Navy Seal training, considered the toughest military training in the world. Active.com Triathlon featured an article on a couple of Navy Seals, SO1 David Goggins and CDR Keith Davids, Commanding Officer SEAL [...]

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What do hard workouts have to do with Custom Bicycles?

9 August 2010

Rogers Place Hill loop, .44 mileFind more Bike Rides in San Antonio, Texas There has been an ongoing discussion on Facebook regarding the interval training workouts that begin at KGS Bikes on Monday and Thursday mornings. Dubbed, Special High Intensity Training, with all the irreverance the acronym can deliver, these are workouts that were created [...]

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