How You Help Specialty Bike Shops Stay in Business

How You Help Specialty Bike Shops Stay in Business

After forty years, a community cornerstone bike and outdoor shop near one of our locations recently called it quits. Near another Fit Werx, three shops closed in 2017. While the reasons for these closures are multi-faceted, the reality is that changes in consumer buying patterns and back-end margin are affecting the bike industry. We are not immune….

Dean’s 2017 Master Track Worlds Report – 3k Team Pursuit

Dean’s 2017 Masters Track Worlds Report – Part 2  –  3k Team Pursuit I’ve looked forward to this event all year after falling short the past two world championships. It’s my favorite event on the track – which you’ll hear from most track racers – and my teammates Matt Gates, Jeromy Cottell, and Andy Lull…

Dean’s World Record Holding Cervelo T4 Track Bike Setup
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Dean’s World Record Holding Cervelo T4 Track Bike Setup

As the opportunity to race the 3K Pursuit on what’s recognized as possibly the fastest track in the world approached, I made sure to bring the fastest setup I could. I wanted to make sure that the only thing between myself and my fastest time was, well, myself! Frame The most noticeable change from my…

Dean Phillips’s 3Km Masters World Record Report – Mexico 7/17!

Dean Phillips’s 3Km Masters World Record Report – Mexico 7/17!

My “Relentless Pursuit of Cycling Aerodynamics” articles chronicle my journey in recent years to beat the Masters World Record for the 3km pursuit event. I have come close to the record before; I missed by 0.7 seconds last fall at Masters Track Worlds. When I was recently invited to a special “record attempt” event at…