Almost all bike riders have experienced a chain being thrown off the inside of the inner chain ring during shifting. Regardless of how well your derailleur is adjusted, or how good your shifting technique, it is almost inevitable that you will throw your chain at some point. Just ask Andy Schleck, he arguably lost the…
Parlee ESX Material: Parlee Recurve Aero Carbon Fiber Geometry: Stock Parlee road geometry. Price Category: Frameset w/fork and headset: $5000+. Built bikes start around $6500. Components: Factory Spec or Fit Werx Rider Matched. Who is it for? The Parlee ESX is for the rider who would like the watt saving benefits of an aero tubed…
Electronic gear-shifting is an innovative and relatively new system enabling cyclists to shift gears on their bicycle with electronic switches as opposed to traditional cable actuated mechanical control levers. These switches are connected by wires to a battery pack and small electric motor which drives the derailleur and switches the chain from cog to cog….
The latest update to our site is the full range of steel, titanium and carbon road and triathlon bikes in stock and custom models from Guru Bicycles. Guru has continued to be at the forefront of frame design and is one of a small number of manufacturers still producing a large number of their bikes…
We just completed an update of the Parlee Cycles page of our web site. Parlee is located in Beverly, Massachusettes and makes some of the nicest riding carbon frames out there. Parlee has brought their prebuilt bikes down in price over the past few years and Parlee bikes with the latest ’14 components now compete…
Our first Parlee Z-Zero disc frame showed up. The paint came out great with a nice mix of Kandy Apple and matte black. You can see where the disc brakes mount to the frame on both the fork and the rear dropout. The disc mounts add a little over 100 grams to the Parlee Z-Zero’s…
Even though it has been in development for a number of years now, the Garmin Vector Power Meter has finally joined the ranks of “available” and is no longer just “vaporware”. We just posted an overview of the Garmin Vector Power Meter system and review the benefits, features, considerations and features of this new power…
By Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT It is Interbike (the annual industry trade show) time again and the latest in bike technology is coming out and the new models are being introduced. With that, I try to keep my eyes open for some of the best values. Several years ago I wrote an…
PRAXIS WORKS CONVERSION BOTTOM BRACKET FOR SPECIALIZED OS BIKES by Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT Last winter, I posted an article about the Praxis conversion bottom bracket and you can read about the general design of these helpful bottom brackets on that post. Shimano crankset spindles are built at 24mm and are thus…
If you have a power meter, you already own the best wind tunnel available. Aerodynamic field testing is easier to do than ever and we tell you how to get started! Check out the article by Fit Werx aero specialist, lead fitter and co-owner Dean Phillips that was just posted in the Tech Center…
By Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT I just finished building our first bike equipped with Shimano’s new Ultegra 6800 “11 speed” mechanical groupset. The “11 speed” refers to the rear cassette that now contains 11 cogs. Shimano came out with the Dura Ace 9000 “11 speed” group over the winter, and they have…
By Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT Now that Campagnolo, Shimano, and SRAM all offer drivetrains with 11 sprockets in the rear cassette, the question arose in our minds here at Fit Werx as to whether there is cross-compatibility between systems. With the distances between cogs on the rear wheel getting smaller and…