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If you are like me, you sometimes fantasize about exotic, high-end products. I long for a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta or an Aston Martin Vanquish, neither of which I could ever afford.  I drool over articles about high-end audio components, imagining how I could possibly fit a pair of Magico Q5 in my living room. Like…

The bicycle world is changing so rapidly it is hard to keep up at times.  Hydraulic disc brakes are appearing on more bikes, as is electronic shifting, but these are not the only developments.  Genre’s of bicycles are being blurred; a road bike is no longer just a “road bike”. There are now traditional road…

Learn more about Moots Cycles here Materials: U.S. Made 3/2.5 Seamless TitaniumGeometry: Stock Moots Vamoots Road Race geometry.  Available variable headtube length or Full Custom geometry.Price Category: Frameset: $3500-$4500. Built bikes from $4700+Components: Factory Spec or Fit Werx Rider Matched. Who is it for?  A steeper, quicker and more aggressive Vamoots, the CR rider likes…

Bicycle disc brake aerodynamics is going to be a popular topic moving forward as more and more racing oriented bikes (including tri bikes) receive disc brakes. It has been assumed that disc brakes are less aerodynamic than caliper brakes. However, there really hasn’t been a whole lot of data to support or debate this. With high…

Cervelo P5X Review. The Ultimate Tri Bike? The Cervelo P5X takes a radical departure from what most companies are doing with tri bikes. By eliminating the seatstays, the Cervelo P5X frame design goes back to the future; the Cervelo P5X is the first tri bike from a mainstream tri bike company that offers the significant…

The SRAM Red eTap electronic shift system, while technically “available” since early ‘16, was in very short supply for much of the ’16 season and almost impossible to get. Thankfully, SRAM has now begun to produce this system in higher volumes, and availability has improved greatly. I have just finished building our two bikes equipped…

  A few months ago we posted an article about the new Cervelo C5, Cervelo’s top-of-the-line entrant in the hydraulic disc brake endurance/adventure bike sweepstakes, and we mentioned that there was soon to be a lower priced Cervelo C3 model available. Well, we now have had a substantial number of Cervelo C3’s pass through the…

Cervelo C5 = High Performance All Road Bike For some time Cervelo has teased us with pictures and information about their new disc brake endurance/adventure bikes labeled as its “C” line of bikes, comprised of the Cervelo C5 and the Cervelo C3. We first saw the Cervelo C5 last summer at Brainbike (Cervelo’s dealer training weekend)…

Why the Moots Vamoots RSL? I’ve owned a number of titanium and titanium/carbon bikes through the years and we like to have at least one metal bike built up light in the shop. Why? Just to show that carbon isn’t the only game in town and because the acceleration and climbing feel on a light bike…

FELT V55 – A DISC BRAKE ADVENTURE BIKE FOR THE BUDGET CONSCIENCE In 2015, Felt introduced the V line of Adventure Bikes, with two models: the Felt V100 at $999 and the Felt V85 at $1,499. These bikes are aimed directly at the burgeoning adventure bike market and were really good values at their particular…

A Full Carbon Fat Bike Capable of Being Ridden Year Round Winter is officially here! In addition to our Fat Bike offerings from Felt, Moots and Surly, Fit Werx is fortunate to represent Fatback, one of the true pioneers of Fat Bikes and still one of the finest. Among other innovations, Fatback introduced the Fat…