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Triathlon

KGS Bikes mentioned in Forbes

8 July 2010

We had the most interesting phone call recently. Andy Greenberg, Forbes writer, called and wanted to interview me. He said Forbes was publishing an article on the most expensive bikes in the world. I spent about an hour explaining the difference between our premium custom bicycles and the over the top luxury bikes that can [...]

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Champions Olympic Distance Triathlon photo set

22 March 2010

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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Parlee Time Trial Bike has great showing at Redlands Bicycle Classic

17 March 2010

Parlee Cycles, one of KGS Bikes’ premiere frame builders, has sponsored bicycle racers for the first time. They introduced a new “stock” time trial bike frame this year and Australian Ben Day (Fly V Australia) won the opening prologue of the Redlands Bicycle Classic on the new model. VeloNews published a nice article on the [...]

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Guru Crono, KGS Bikes

16 March 2010

Guru Crono, KGS Originally uploaded by KevinSaunders This Guru Crono is on display at the KGS Bikes studio in San Antonio. It has a great compliment of high end components including Campagnolo, Stronglight, FibreLyte and Zipp. The Crono is Guru’s top of the line full custom carbon time trial frame. It is an incredible value [...]

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Pro Triathlon Race Comes to Austin, $6,000 Purse

13 March 2010

Austin’s Red Licorice Events will host the Champions Triathlon Weekend (PRO/CHAMPIONS) on April 26th, 2009, an Olympic distance course at Pace Bend Park. A minimum of a $6000 prize purse to be split between men & women. Here are some details: USAT Sanctioned, only USAT registered Elite athletes will qualify for monetary prizes PRO/CHAMPIONS start [...]

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Parlee Z4, Z5 and Stock TT – Another way to get the best

6 January 2010

I just received a call from a Facebook friend interested in a Parlee Z5. While I don’t inventory stock Parlees I do offer them to folks who are confident that they know what they want. Not everyone wants to travel to San Antonio to get a custom KGS bike with a custom positioning. Here is [...]

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What a saddle adjustment can do to a 70.3 time!

14 November 2009

I had an emergency call from my friends Mark and Julie Crosno last week as something had changed on her bike setup. I cleared my calendar and drove to Houston the next day as Julie was distraught, this close to the Ironman 70.3 Worlds in Clearwater. I wrote about this in the Ezine last week. [...]

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

3 March 2009

“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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KGS Bikes – Comparing Lance, a Professional Triathlete and You

23 February 2009

Have you ever wondered what goes into Lance Armstrong’s bike? Do you know what separates his bike from his teammates? If you were a pro triathlete, and a bike manufacturer gave you a bike for sponsorship, how would that make you feel? As a “regular person” what kind of technology can you get in cycling, [...]

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