Shimano 7900/7950 and SRAM S975 powermeters from SRM are on sale thru December 31. If you are considering riding with a powermeter or wish to upgrade to the gold standard of powermeters used by the top riders in the world you can save over $300 on either standard or compact models. Each system will carry…
The Cervelo S5 was revolutionary in appearance and performance when it first appeared at the Tour de France and it is still setting the standard for aero road bike performance today. Seeing as the biggest change to the S5 for 2013 was in the paint (same frame construction and very similar spec), Fit Werx's made…
Bruce’s Ti Custom Cyclocross Bike Owner: Bruce Bell. Manager/Buyer, Fit Werx, VT Frame – Titanium Fork – Carbon Shift Levers – Campagnolo Chorus 11 speed Brakes – Shimano CX 70 Front Derailleur – Shimano CX 70 Rear Derailleur – Campagnolo Chorus 11 speed Chain – Campagnolo Super Record Cassette- Campagnolo Chorus 12-29 Wheels – Cole…
BIKE IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS (AKA -THINGS TO PUT ON THE HOLIDAY WISH LIST…) By Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, Waitsfield, VT With falling leaves and temperatures, many of us begin to turn our thoughts from cycling towards anticipating winter activities such as skiing. However, this is a good time to think about your bike…
This featured bike bargain is the Parlee Z5 built with a SRAM Force group. The Parlee Z5 is unquestionably one of the very nicest riding and best fitting production carbon road frames on the market. Parlee is a specialty builder and their experience in carbon manufacturing is evident throughout the fabrication and design of the…
Here's Rich pre-Swim at the USA Triathlon Nationals August 18, 2012 As many of you may know the Fit Werx family was hit hard by the drowning death of our friend Rich Angelo at USA Triathlon Nationals in Burlington, VT on August 18th. It was his Wedding Annivesary that day. Rich’s goal was…
PARLEE FACTORY TOUR By Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, VT My wife had to make another trip to Boston to visit the harp retail and repair store in Salem. So, I tagged along to take the opportunity to visit the Parlee factory in Beverly, MA. I had visited the factory about 1 1/2…
GUNNAR BICYCLES – MY IMPRESSIONS by Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, VT I have now worked at Fit Werx full-time for getting close to 3 1/2 years and I have had the privilege of building many, many bicycles, some of them truly dream machines. These "dream machines" were custom-built, lust-inducing bikes from the…
Some bikes are great looking and some are just stunning… Cyfac Absolu from France.
CERVELO P5 – INITIAL IMPRESSIONS by Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, VT Earlier this summer, we built one of the very first Cervelo P5’s in New England. I had intended to immediately post a short article summarizing my impressions, but one thing led to another and I was delayed. Bruce and I both…
By Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, Waitsfield, VT Last March, I attended a seminar in New York City providing training in the installation and operation of Campagnolo’s new electronic shifting system, dubbed EPS. I wrote an article about this training, and the system, which can be found at https://fitwerx.com/category/new-bike-technology/page/3. If you have not had…
The ICEdot looks like an interesting product for most any adventurous activity where a head injury could occur – https://icedot.org/site/. They are hoping it will be available in January and the dot will be $200 plus a $10 annual subscription. There will be a large number of user defined/adjustable sensitivity and contact variables.