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bike fit

Five ways to tell if your bike doesn’t fit

1 May 2011

We get calls at KGS Custom Bicycles for bike fittings on a regular basis. If we are going to be any good at designing custom bikes we have to draw the line in the sand regarding fitting you to a bike or designing a bike to fit you. The bike industry is abuzz with fit [...]

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Ultimate Semi Custom Road Racing bike

13 January 2011

While most of the folks who come to KGS Bikes want a custom bicycle designed for them alone, some folks, particularly bike racers, can ride stock geometry bicycles well. Parlee has created the FlexFit system of 14 different sizes for their semi custom bikes, the Z4, Z5 and TT. We have had many people ask, [...]

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KGS Bikes BalancePoint™ Setup bike 2.0

12 January 2011

At KGS Bikes, finding one’s perfect position is standard procedure. Many times, however, clients have asked, “How do I know that this position will work where I ride?” This is a legitimate question. Over the holidays I found a second setup bike frame that was the same as my original. I have done lots of [...]

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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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Custom bicycle frames vs Semi-Custom. What is best for you?

7 January 2011

KGS Bikes is in the custom bicycle business, yet we offer Parlee semi-custom models as well. We are asked many times, “What is the difference?” and it is really quite simple. The difference revolves around the way frames are chosen, and the confidence one will have of the correct position if a semi-custom frame is [...]

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What does your ankle have to do with saddle height?

10 December 2010

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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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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What is the best bike for you?

20 November 2010

I have people contact me from all over the world asking the same question, “What do you recommend as the best bike for me?” It is a very interesting question and one that I think about constantly. Since I provide a rather limited selection of equipment to clients I wonder what is important to people. [...]

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KGS Bikes – Saddle height tidbits – A little too low or a little too high?

14 November 2010

Have you thought your saddle was too low? Too high? Sometimes both? You are not alone. I see people debating this issue all over the internet. My observations are as follows: 1) Saddle height is determined by knee angle and by foot angle. If you pedal heel down your saddle will be much lower than [...]

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KGS Bikes – Buddy Can you Spare Some Change, or Why Triathletes Resist

8 November 2010

The triathlon season is upon us and I am talking to people who have suffered a bad position on their bike for much of last season, stating that they couldn’t afford to change. This is a fascinating phenomenon and I believe I can understand why. Triathlon is an endurance sport and as such, repetitive strain [...]

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