Many of you may have heard that Shimano recently issued a Voluntary Recall Campaign for 11-speed Ultegra and Dura-Ace cranks. This affects many riders. Follow this link to the official Shimano recall notice. Below is the official announcement from Shimano. Voluntary Recall: 11-Speed Bonded HOLLOWTECH II Road Cranksets Inspection and Replacement Campaign OTHER 09/21/2023…
You Use a Rear Light When Riding Your Bike, Right? Increasing your visibility while riding a bike is crucial for safety. To achieve this, high-visibility jerseys and bright helmets can be helpful, but nothing beats a blinking light from a visibility perspective. This being said, there is a significant step forward beyond a blinking light…
How Often Should I Have My Bike Fit Checked? Bike fit is as static or dynamic as you are. Things can change and your fit should change with them. Some of the reasons a fresh check on your riding position may be in order include the following: Your riding habits have changed – frequency, distance,…
Fit Werx in Waitsfield, Vermont is excited to announce that we are now a fully authorized dealer of OPEN Cycles. All Fit Werx’s locations are authorized OPEN Cycles dealers. OPEN offers a variety of complete bikes and framesets serving both the pavement and gravel rider. OPEN’s approach of selling one bike at a time and…
Old Frame Geometry Meets New Bike Technology Custom bikes enjoyed a boom in the early ‘00’s. “The Lance Effect” was in full swing. Thousands, if not millions, of people bought their first real road bike. Meanwhile, stock road bike geometry of the day was a disaster for most riders. Most road bikes of the era…
Possibly the most recent innovation on the list, Classified’s Powershift electronically actuated rear hub eliminates the most mechanically finicky and one of the least sophisticated components on a bike – the front derailleur. Introduced in 2022, Classified Powershift technology has the potential to change the way we shift for the better. Classified has created a…
Parlee Cycles manufactures some of the finest carbon fiber road bike frames in existence. They filed for Chapter 11 protection last week. With it came media stories and rider inquiries about what the filing means for the industry and what it means for Parlee. As one of the longest serving Parlee dealers, we have…
Tubeless tires for cars were popularized in the ‘50’s. For motorcycles, in the ‘70’s. So, the road bike world felt a bit behind the times when 50 years had passed and we were all still riding on tubes. Heck, even lawnmowers and wheelbarrows seemed ahead of road bike tire technology in this regard. By the…
There were carbon bicycle wheels over twenty years ago, don’t get me wrong. However, very few of them were considered durable enough to be everyday riding equipment. That has all changed today. Many carbon wheel offerings in the ’90’s and early ’00’s were deep and aero, but could also be terrifying for many riders when…
Continuing our exploration of the list of road bicycle technologies that have been the biggest innovations since our inception, today we talk about e-bikes. Amongst cyclists, a discussion about e-bikes was more likely in 1899 than 1999. Seriously. However, things can change quickly. In 2023, e-bikes are by far the greatest growth sector of the…
From handlebars to saddles, we have been happy to see a variety of ergonomic improvements and broader options in a host of fit based components. It is great that all riders are not being treated alike and that there is more understanding that there are many people who need handlebars wider and narrower than 40cm…
Top Road Bicycle Technologies of the Past 20 Years – On-Bike Electronics While electronic shifting, ebikes and the second generation of Smart Trainers are deserving of their own separate categories on our list of most innovative road and triathlon cycling products of the past twenty years, other electronic innovations merit mention too. Some of the…