From the category archives:

Fountain of Youth

More ride me pumps!

13 March 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!

Originally posted 2009-04-11 05:07:30. Republished by [...]

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KGS Bikes – Bridging the Gap

10 March 2010

“Fixed Air”
Originally uploaded by sewin
It seems like the first week of 2009 was just a day. It appears many folks are scrambling right now.
I have had some interesting conversations with clients and wanted to share two with you.  The first story centers around a client who travels a lot, so only visits infrequently. When he [...]

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

15 January 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 when you [...]

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KGS Bikes Ezine published, starting year 2!

10 September 2009

Well, we start year two of the KGS Bikes Ezine. I still have tons of stuff to write about and we still get people subscribing, so like Martha Stewart says, “It’s a good thing!” I so appreciate your support and readership and will work hard to keep improving.
It is so easy and free to subscribe, [...]

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Real Ale Ride photos posted on Flickr

31 May 2009

I have been slowly getting back on the bike and the Real Ale Ride in Blanco was a great 65 mile test because of the hills. This ride featured a few 11-12% grades, lots more 8-10% grades and a 16% grade hill thrown in for good measure! Red Licorice Events did a marvelous job of [...]

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How safe is bicycling, really?

6 May 2009

I was checking out my friends at the eco velo blog and found this great post about the relative safety of cycling.
Please read the whole article but here is the chart which I found most interesting:
Following is a list compiled by Failure Analysis Associates, Inc. (Design News, 10-4-93) comparing the fatal risk associated with participating [...]

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Triathlon as a spectator sport

4 May 2009

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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Champions Olympic Distance Triathlon photo set

27 April 2009

I took a bunch of photos at the Champions Olympic Distance triathlons April 26, 2009. My Flickr site has all of them but I wanted to share a photo of my friend Sharon Sander on her KGS Guru, being cheered on by Regina Renfro who helps KGS Bikes out in so many ways being one [...]

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From Austin to San Antonio to get Perfectly Fit

23 April 2009

I recently became friends with Eli Cohen who is the product expert at REI in downtown Austin. He is also part of Red Licorice Events, run by “Sweet and Twisted” Leilani Perry and Erin Truslow. I am a new sponsor for triathlons that the Red Licorice Events team produce and when Eli heard about my [...]

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Three dogs on a bike – Don’t let your carma run over my dogma!

8 April 2009

Proof that cyclists can be dogmatic
Originally uploaded by andrew_f_martin
It’s a dog’s life! Three dogs are shown here getting personally chauffeured around town on a bicycle.
You don’t see this every day.

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