Mountain Biking 101: Basic Riding Techniques & Tips for Buying Your First MTB

Mountain Biking 101: Basic Riding Techniques & Tips for Buying Your First MTB

By Amanda Wilks Image source Mountain bikes are versatile as they can be ridden on all kinds of terrain. They provide a fun way to exercise while connecting with nature. However, if it’s your first time going mountain biking, it can be a little daunting choosing the right bike. The text below highlights some important…

Looking to Develop Proper Riding Posture on the Bike?
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Looking to Develop Proper Riding Posture on the Bike?

Our bike fittings are technique intense and there is too much riding posture and technique information to absorb all at once. Your take-home materials from your fitting include postural video and comments to help you reflect and practice later. These materials just scratch the surface of an extensive topic though. Many back, knee, neck, shoulder…

Chronic Bike Seat Discomfort – Beyond Bike Fit.  Beyond Riding Technique.
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Chronic Bike Seat Discomfort – Beyond Bike Fit.  Beyond Riding Technique.

I have written about fit and comfort based challenges riders experience with their bicycle seats more than a couple times. I keep writing these articles as chronic bike seat discomfort is a very common problem and some riders have chronic issues regardless of what is done with saddle selection, bicycle fit or technique recommendations. I find…

Thinking about a Fat Bike? What are the Key Fat Bike Features to Look for.
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Thinking about a Fat Bike? What are the Key Fat Bike Features to Look for.

While Fat Bikes have been commercially available for the last ten years, designs have evolved most rapidly in the past few years as the popularity of winter capable bikes has grown.  In fact, the changes have been so quick that a Fat Bike from just a few years ago may be considered limited or obsolete by…

Fit Werx Bike Saddles
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Stop Looking for the Best Bicycle Seat & Start Solving the Real Issue.

Looking at all the bicycle seats that claim to be the “best bicycle seat” or the “most comfortable bicycle seat”, and how many riders have chronic saddle issues regardless of the number of seats they try, it becomes apparent that the bicycle seat may actually not be the big reason people are uncomfortable. So, if the biggest…

Felt S32 Review – Aluminum Budget Tri Bike
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Felt S32 Review – Aluminum Budget Tri Bike

While Felt makes some of the fastest, most exotic triathlon bicycles available anywhere, such as the Felt IA and DA series of bikes, not everyone is willing to make the investment necessary for one of these speed machines. This being said, Felt has an answer for those seeking a high performance, entry-level tri bike that…

2016 “5 MPH Faster Without Working Any Harder” Presentation Now Online
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2016 “5 MPH Faster Without Working Any Harder” Presentation Now Online

Fit Werx founder Ian Buchanan presented a workshop at the 2016 TriMania Expo in Boston titled, “5 MPH Faster Without Working Any Harder”. The presentation explored and prioritized the time savings that are available for triathletes and TT riders going from a standard road bike to a triathlon specific bike. As the title states, there…

Join Us to Demo Fat Bikes at Winter Bike at Kingdom Trails, Burke VT on March 5, 2016
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Join Us to Demo Fat Bikes at Winter Bike at Kingdom Trails, Burke VT on March 5, 2016

Kingdom Trails offers one of the very best trail systems in the Northeast and Burke, VT is a great place to visit. They also have one of the biggest Fat Bike festivals anywhere coming up on March 5, 2016. Retailers (including Fit Werx) and manufacturer reps will be there to show their offerings and send…

Felt LEBOWSKe Electric Fat Bike – Same Workout. Twice the Speed. Twice the Fun.
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Felt LEBOWSKe Electric Fat Bike – Same Workout. Twice the Speed. Twice the Fun.

I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of a weight weenie when it comes to my bicycles. My road bikes usually weigh 15 lbs or less, my Moots Rogue YBB mountain bike is about 22 lbs, and the full suspension mountain bike I’m planning at the moment will be in the 25 lbs range. This being…