By Jenny Amaral / The Daily Item PEABODY – Charitable organizations have found it to be difficult to raise funds for their causes in years past, but with the falling economy, they’re feeling the heat even more. Two local businessmen, however, hope they can help turn things around. Dean Phillips and Marty Miserandino, co-owners of…
Posted January 18, 2009 12:35 AM – Boston.com There’s some good news for all those bicyclists who come to Wells Avenue in Needham each week, or whom you see riding around the streets of Needham and throughout the state: they now have a Bill of Rights. The bill, which Governor Deval Patrick signed into law…
Fit Werx presents the Northeast Triathlon Summit Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009- Salem State College, Salem, MA Event Website for additional details: www.bnsfitness.com Time: 7am Registration – 8am-5pm Cost: Clinics/Lectures ONLY: $125 Full Day, $75 Half Day, or $29/per lecture (DOES NOT include any of the options below). Separate/Additional Options: VO2Max: $75 – first come…
The new year is here and winter base training has begun. Would you like to know where your fitness level is? Would you like to learn how hard to train your body for maximum results? Give yourself an early Valentine’s Day gift and come in for a VO2 test. This service is for riders of…
Mavic has issued a voluntary recall of its R-SYS front wheels, the company announced this week. Mavic is advising consumers not to use the front wheels from any of its R-SYS wheelsets (R-SYS, R-SYS Test and R-SYS Premium) because of the possible risk of spoke failure. The system relies on a unique set of tubular…
The American Diabetes Association’s signature cycling event, the Tour De Cure, raises millions of dollars to help find a cure for Diabetes and support the ADA’s mission. Marty Miserandino, Co-owner of Fit Werx 2, founded “The Ride for JULES” indoor cycling spin-a-thon in 2004 to help raise money for the ADA and the Tour De…
Gift Ideas for the Holiday Season It’s that time of the year and in addition to offering gift certificates and gift cards in the dollar denomination of your choice, we have compiled a list of the latest tech gadgets and helpful products that can deliver a smile to your cyclist’s face all year long. …
If you missed the Training with Power Seminar held a couple weeks ago here is your chance to see what you missed. Beginner Triathlete was on hand to video the seminar for their site. They were kind enough to let us post it here also for those of you that were unable to attend. Please…
This year, give a gift that really says you care and understand the cyclist or triathlete in your life – a gift certificate at Fit Werx. Gift Certificates & Cards can be for a dollar amount, good towards any products or services, or can be specific to an item – a New Bike Fitting, for…
If you weren’t able to attend last night’s “Watts Up? The Skinny on training with a Power Meter”, you missed a terrific time. Over 40 people attended the catered event and talked cycling and triathlon. What’s better than that? Well, throw in an informative seminar on how to improve your performance given by Will and…
Custom bikes almost never go on sale. In fact, in seven years we can’t remember seeing Serotta put their custom bikes on sale – until now. Save $1000-$1800 on select Serotta models when purchased as a complete bicycle. For details, click on the Serotta Sale link. To take advantage of the savings, call or e-mail one…
Dean Phillips, co-owner of Fit Werx 2, a road and triathlon bike shop in Peabody, recently broke four cycling time trial records. A time trial, as seen in the Tour De France, is a road race in which a cyclist races against the clock. June 25, at the ECV Time Trial in Hamilton, Phillips traveled…