Jim Kish has been building custom frames and bikes for nearly a quarter century. His shop, Kish Fabrication, is located in Carrboro, N.C. Jim can be reached at 805-574-0414 or via his website, www.kishbike.com.
Jim writes an occasional column for RBR centered on the topic of bike building. If you have a specific question or aspect of frame building or bike building that you would like to pose to Jim, just use the Contact Us form on the website.
Product Review Crew After six years of competitive cross-country and track running, my body could no longer take the constant pounding, and I had to retire from running at the ripe old age of 19. I needed a new sport, and a friend convinced me to try road biking. I bought my first road bike…
‘RBR Radio’ Podcast Host, Distance Cycling Expert George is long-time, accomplished distance cyclist and race organizer. He’s a former radio personality in Texas, Nevada and Oregon. He also served as an independent public speaker delivering his inspirational story for the Epilepsy Foundation of America, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Cyberonics, Parke Davis and Abbot Labs. George spoke with…
Coach, Author, Distance Cycling Expert I’ve been riding for 40 years and coaching for 20. I’ve earned coaching certifications from USA Cycling and the National Strength and Conditioning Association and enjoy coaching riders with a variety of goals and fitness backgrounds. My cycling career includes course records in the Boston-Montreal-Boston 1200-km randonnée and the Furnace…
USA Cycling Coach, Product Reviewer, Bike Fitter I started bicycling as a kid. I grew up riding Schwinn BMX bikes and tinkering with them by putting motocross bars on them. That’s probably where I started my life-long interest in engineering – figuring out how and why things work the way they do, and can I make…
USA Cycling Level 1 Coach, ACE Certified Personal Trainer While I don’t feel like it, I guess I’m old enough where the numbers start to add up. I’ve been riding since 1980, the year I graduated from high school, and have logged about 265,000 miles, competed in over 400 time trials in the last 18…
Ask the Coach Columnist, RBR Co-Founder, Ret. I discovered the sheer joy—it’s not too strong a term—of pedaling when I began riding in the early ’70s to gain fitness for backpacking, mountaineering and skiing, my favored activities in my newly adopted state of Colorado. Riding also helped me lose the 50 pounds I had gained…
