LOL LOL LOL

BTW: miyata is from asia. KObus GAastra is the guy who brings it to holland and does a little design work for them. Like his marathon mtb.
Therefore we get the name KoGa. You get it, KObus GAastra.
2nd BTW did you know that koga bikes are seriously overpriced. About 250 to 300 euro.

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hills are only as steep as you want them to be

Talent. At the end of the day, that's what it is. There are no Alps in Aalst and yet Lucien Van Impe was probably the best climber ever from a flat area. And I don't see that it did Joop Zoetemelk any harm either. I think he was from Rotterdam!

Of course I know Koga's are quite expensive.... that's one of the reasons I don't have one
Of course they're designed-in-Heerenveen-built-in-Poekiwoekistan frames, but that's the same with Batavus and Gazelle.

AFAIK, Koga comes from KOwalski + GAastra. Kowalski is the name of mr Gaastra's wife....

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Van Impe is from Erpe-Mere and it isn't really flat. Maybe max hight 30m but always the same 20m up and down, max 5% but in a race it's more selective than on a totally flat parcours. Not real mountains but a bit up and down and when you go further to the flemish ardens there are some longer climbs and maybe max 100m difference in height, so you can climb shortly.

He probably does that too, but living in Austin myself, I can tell you there are PLENTY of hills of here. In fact, theres an entire region called 'Hill Country' with some grades so steep that even my car has trouble getting up it. Lance used to train/ride in Hill Country, but now it's now overrun by urban folk coming in on the weekends and in the summer and such, but not so long ago it was quite an ideal place to climb.

Ever looked at the Amstel Gold Race? That's Holland too, and not that flat I guess... Training on vacation might help as well!!

Brecht
(from Belgium )