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Fountain of Youth

KGS Bikes – Starting Over, from Fat to Fit

18 March 2010

I have heard the quote, “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor, and rich is better”. My experience with cycling is, “I’ve been fit and I’ve been fat, and fit is better!” For better or for worse, I have had to start over riding a bicycle quite a few times since I am and forever [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Climbing Descending Steep Hill on Eagle HiWheel

7 April 2009

Martin Kreig is showing us how they used to do it back in the day. He states, “This is why I am using a backwards facing HiWheel in my ride across the United States in the summer of the 2009 as part of the Mayor’s Ride.” Here is a little about Martin which I find [...]

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Ride-me-pumps; Copenhagen Cycling Equipment

3 April 2009

Copenhagen Cycling Equipment Originally uploaded by [Zakkaliciousness] I am certain this woman saw the KGS Bikes ad campaign on Flickr and figured if it was good enough for us it was good enough for her! I absolutely love the photos from Copenhagen Cycle Chic. They remind us how bicycles really are a cool part of [...]

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Guest Post – Jennifer Sage of Viva Travels

19 March 2009

My good friend Jennifer Sage of Viva Travels sent me this today and I had been longing to take a cycling vacation so badly that I thought I would share this with you. Not that I have time to do anything that takes me away from KGS Bikes this year, but I do hope to [...]

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Oregon pondering rolling stops for bikes

18 March 2009

I have always been a proponent of carefully rolling through stop signs after checking for oncoming traffic. This has been followed with a “statement of civil disobedience” because I felt that bicycles are fundamentally different than cars when it comes to intersections. When combining the facts that cyclists approach intersections more slowly, have better ability [...]

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Bike Licensing – Take a right, turn it into a privilege and tax it!

16 March 2009

The ability to ride a bicycle may come at a cost. I am not speaking about buying the bike or the cost of time to ride it, but in some cities the concept of licensing bicycles through fees has been brought up. Meredith Sladek, NY Bicycle Transportation Examiner, writing for Examiner.com, just wrote a two [...]

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An open letter to Rush Limbaugh, who needs to be the cyclist’s friend

15 March 2009

In reading and reposting the article that Adam Voiland of the DC Transportation Examiner wrote regarding Rush Limbaugh, “What does Rush Limbaugh have to say about cycling?”, I decided to write El Rushbo himself and tell him what I thought. Posted below is that letter which is now an open letter to Rush to reconsider [...]

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