By Bruce Bell You know,” I said to Leslie days before the race, “Some people are going to be out there for a couple of hours”. “Are you looking at me?” she replied. We had been wondering how long it might take to complete this new race and I was just offering my two cents……
I recently mentioned that we had received a couple Surly fat bikes, one being a Pugsley, and the other the Surly Ice Cream Truck. I wrote briefly about the Surly Pugsley, and now I wanted to make a few notes about the technically more advanced Surly Ice Cream Truck in comparison. So what is the…
By Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT 2014 may stand as the year where the most new bikes and products have crossed the work stands of Fit Werx’s technicians in MA, NYC/NJ and VT. One of the most significant new product categories over the past year has been hydraulic road disc brake systems from…
I took my first cycling vacation in 2010. I had no idea what to expect and went into it “hoping for the best”. Thankfully, neither New Zealand nor the trip disappointed. My bike proved a fantastic way to see a new part of the world. While having the routes, lodging and most of the meals…
Fit Werx – The Story from Fit Werx on Vimeo. Why Fit Werx for your bike fit, your next bike, or bike repair? From recreational riders to professional athletes, cyclists, triathletes, employees and coaches tell the Fit Werx story. From starting in a single room of a farmhouse; to being voted “America’s Best Bike Shop”…
Grand Prix of Gloucester – Race Report by Team Fit Werx Rider Brian Irwin Cyclocross is a fickle sport and so is Mother Nature. However, the weather gods have shined on weekends this fall and we’ve had some spectacular weather to race cyclocross. The last weekend of September at the Grand Prix of Gloucester was…
Team Fit Werx Fall is here – where did the summer go? I’ve been back to teaching at school for nearly five weeks! Between heading back to work and focusing on getting ready for the Gloucester Grand Prix, aka New England CX Worlds, I have been remiss in my race reporting duties. I’ll do my…
At Fit Werx in MA and VT we often get questions about what our resident Cat 1 racer and ’14 Masters National Champion on the track and in the TT is riding. The short answer is that Dean rides a host of bikes. These range from his Seven 622 SLX that he stacks on the training…
The 2014 USA Cycling Masters National Time Trial Championships were held on Antelope Island in Ogden, Utah. The course was a 21-mile out and back route along the exposed shore of an island nearly completely surrounded by the Great Salt Lake. I knew wind would be a factor, and also had to adjust my pacing…
This past weekend I competed at the USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships in the 3000 meter Individual Pursuit. For my many non-track-cycling friends this is basically a 2-mile individual time trial on a fixed gear bike in a banked velodrome from a standing start – yet dig down a little bit and there’s a…
News & Events – Active Times Best Bike Shop in America – In 2013, you helped Fit Werx earn the number one bike shop in the country designation in an Active Times poll. This was a great accomplishment for us. Thank you again to everyone who voted for us last year. The Active Times held…
We just received a great follow up from Marianne after her first weekend with her new Gunnar gravel grinder bike from Fit Werx. Marianne’s Gunnar Gravel Grinder from Fit Werx will likely explore many New England and New York roads the rest of the season; maybe she will even ride her Gunnar gravel grinder…