Team Fit Werx for Racers Fit Werx offers team sponsorship of all categories of licensed road and cyclocross racers as well as licenced and unlicensed hill climb and TT competitors. Team Fit Werx is headlined by our Cat 1/2/Pro road team, including multi-discipline Masters National Champion Dean Phillips. Membership is Done by Application: Price: $119…
Fit Werx Corima Carbon Wheel Giveaway Fit Werx will be at, and/or sponsor, several events. During this time Fit Werx will offer promotional opportunities through the events themselves, on Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets, so contestants can enter to win a pair of full carbon Corima wheels with a retail value of ~…
By Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT. As I mentioned in a recent posting about the available upgrades to Ultegra Di2, I recently attended a product introduction and tech seminar put on by Shimano. The main focus of this introduction and seminar was the new, completely redesigned Shimano Dura Ace 9000 mechanical group. …
We’ve got an exciting announcement for you! Fit Werx is again the title sponsor of the fifth annual New England Triathlon Symposium organized and run by Tri-Hard Coaching! We hope to see you there! The Symposium is a day of seminars, workshops, and clinics led by expert coaches. To read the full schedule of presentations…
Hints for Distance Riding Success!By Ian BuchananFit Werx If you have not ridden much distance or ridden with a big group, riding your first long organized ride can feel overwhelming. However, you need not be worried! If you ride your bike regularly leading up to the event, and learn some “insider” hints, you will be…
GURU PHOTON WITH SRAM RED 2012/13 by Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, VT I have previously written about the virtues of the Guru Photon, most recently in a series of articles detailing our build of an 11 pound 12 ounce bike, based on the Photon frameset, for a client. I just finished installing…
Bruce’s Ti Custom Cyclocross Bike Owner: Bruce Bell. Manager/Buyer, Fit Werx, VT Frame – Titanium Fork – Carbon Shift Levers – Campagnolo Chorus 11 speed Brakes – Shimano CX 70 Front Derailleur – Shimano CX 70 Rear Derailleur – Campagnolo Chorus 11 speed Chain – Campagnolo Super Record Cassette- Campagnolo Chorus 12-29 Wheels – Cole…
BIKE IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS (AKA -THINGS TO PUT ON THE HOLIDAY WISH LIST…) By Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, Waitsfield, VT With falling leaves and temperatures, many of us begin to turn our thoughts from cycling towards anticipating winter activities such as skiing. However, this is a good time to think about your bike…
This featured bike bargain is the Parlee Z5 built with a SRAM Force group. The Parlee Z5 is unquestionably one of the very nicest riding and best fitting production carbon road frames on the market. Parlee is a specialty builder and their experience in carbon manufacturing is evident throughout the fabrication and design of the…
Power Meter Type: Strain gauge w/accelerometer cadence. Crank mounted. Point of Origin: Assembled in United States of America U.S. Service Center: Yes. Colorado. Web Site: www.stagescycling.com or click here to place a Stages order online. Overview: When Stages Cycling first entered the power meter market in ’11/’12, they may have been a new name to…
GUNNAR BICYCLES – MY IMPRESSIONS by Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, VT I have now worked at Fit Werx full-time for getting close to 3 1/2 years and I have had the privilege of building many, many bicycles, some of them truly dream machines. These "dream machines" were custom-built, lust-inducing bikes from the…
CERVELO P5 – INITIAL IMPRESSIONS by Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, VT Earlier this summer, we built one of the very first Cervelo P5’s in New England. I had intended to immediately post a short article summarizing my impressions, but one thing led to another and I was delayed. Bruce and I both…