With a top notch carbon fiber engineering and design team and one of the most respected carbon fiber manufacturing facilities in the United States, we regard Enve as one of the top manufacturers of high performance carbon wheels and components. The new Enve SES 2.2 low profile rim further demonstrates Enve’s focus on quality of…
Manufacturer Profile: Lightweight Wheels Review Lightweight pioneered full carbon fiber bicycle wheel technology starting in the 1980’s! Lightweight has been producing wheels in their current shape since 1995 – refining the design along the way. 20 years later, there are few companies that have caught up with their technology. Lightweight wheels were born…
Manufacturer Profile: Corima Wheels Review Corima Wheels has as strong an argument in the bike business as anyone for claiming that they developed and produced the first carbon fiber rim equipped wheels. Like Zipp in the U.S., Corima came into the bicycle world via another industry in France. In Corima’s case, it is aerospace. In…
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The ad below actually has little to do with bicycles, other than it uses the bicycle to prove its point. However, the ad is worth thinking about as a bicycle ad as the reason that they chose the bicycle to convey this message is because there are few activities in life where “having the right…
The much longed for arrival of a nice day gave me the chance to take the Parlee Altum R out for a test ride with some different wheel combinations. Even though I was only out for 15 minutes, I found an awful lot to like about this bike. It gave me the things I want…
Owner: Ian Buchanan, Founder/Owner of Fit Werx Frame – Parlee Z-Zero Disc Custom Fork – Enve Tapered Disc Shift Levers – SRAM RED 22 Brakes- SRAM RED 22 Front Derailleur – SRAM RED 22 YAW Rear Derailleur- SRAM RED 22 WiFLi Chain – SRAM RED 22 Cassette – SRAM RED 22 X-Glide PC-1190 Crankset –…
The Parlee Z-Zero is one of our favorite ultimate dream bikes. It is an easy bike to be drawn towards, salivate over and lust after. So I thought I would give a quick run-down of a beautiful Z-Zero build… It All Starts With The Frameset The frameset is the top-on-the-line Parlee Z-Zero custom bike frame. …
By Jim Weaver, Service Manager Fit Werx, Waitsfield, VT Those who have been looking for an aerodynamic carbon rimmed clincher wheelset know that the price of admission for quality options is not low. While inexpensive ($1,500 or less) carbon clinchers can be found, for the most part, these are unknown brands, with generic rims purchased…
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…
How Bicycle Rim Width Effects Tire Width and Contact Patch By Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT Whether you are riding solo on the backroads of Vermont; are one of the many riding 9W north of New York City on the weekend or are doing a weekly group ride in Concord, Massachusetts, one…
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…