Kogswell Cycles, Inc. was a small bicycle frame company with its headquarters in El Dorado Hills, California.

According to Biking.com, Kogswell "focuses on creating bicycle frames that lean more towards utilitarian design rather than speed and rough roading.

"[1] Customers purchased Kogswell framesets directly from the company, or through a small network of authorized dealers throughout the United States.

One of the original designs, a fixed gear frame with 135mm rear dropout spacing and less aggressive geometry, intended for road use vs. on the track.

Released to market in mid-2004, Kogswell's sport-touring frameset was made with upscale lugs and heat-treated tubing.

A mixte frame, designed for 26 inch wheels and 120mm rear dropout spacing to accommodate a fixed/free singlespeed hub.

The low-trail fork of the Porteur allowed for the use of a large front rack set high without negative effects on handling.

These differed from the first batch in that they were made with smaller-diameter and thinner-walled tubing for improved riding characteristics and lighter weight, has three water-bottle mounts (one added under the downtube), redesigned rear drop-outs, a repositioned rear brake cable stop, a pump peg behind the seat tube, and were powdercoated black in color.

Nice steep head and seat tube angles make for a quicker, livelier-feeling ride.

Geometrically-speaking, this frame is very similar to the near-mythical-in-status Bridgestone XO-1, which really was a great commuter, rough-stuffer, and general all-arounder.