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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

We recently released our list of the top road and triathlon bike innovations that have come out since the inception of Fit Werx in 2001.  Smart indoor bike trainers is definitely on this list. While the first readily available smart trainers came out in the ‘80’s, computer technology has come a long way since.   With […]Read More

As Fit Werx heads into its 22nd year of providing rider first bike fittings and rider matched bike sales, it seems like an apt time to take a trip down the memory lane of cycling technology. Since our inception, a lot has changed in terms of the products and services we offer.  In a number […]Read More