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Old 03-30-10 | 08:05 PM
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The remaining Kogswell's left are being sold by Paul's Bicycle repair on his website and on ebay. But, there are only a few left and they are frames only, no forks. The fact is good luck trying to track down a Kogswell fork, and that is pretty much what makes the bike.

I own a 64cm 700c P/R that I bought from Paul on Ebay and built it up with spare parts. The frame was out of alignment (rear end 4-5 mm to the non-drive side), all of that size were made incorrectly from the factory, and at my size it is way too flexy. The downtubes spec was 31.8mm and they were made with 28.6mm downtubes. With a bike that size it is a bad combo. I can't even get out of the saddle to pedal as the flex causes ghost shifts. I am going to try a different set of shifters just to be sure, but I will probably end up selling it. I will however keep the fork and just sell the frame. The fork might be useful for going low trail on a current steel frame.

My last ride with some wind on the Kogswell I was all over the road. It felt almost unsafe to ride. I got a little bit of speed on a decent and I sat up to catch the wind and hit the brakes to slow down. My vintage Nishiki Seral is a very similar geometry. I did a 200K this weekend on Saturday on the Nishiki. The last 39 miles was into a head wind and the Nishiki always felt rock solid.
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