PRAXIS WORKS CONVERSION BOTTOM BRACKET FOR SPECIALIZED OS BIKES by Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT Last winter, I posted an article about the Praxis conversion bottom bracket and you can read about the general design of these helpful bottom brackets on that post.  Shimano crankset spindles are built at 24mm and are thus […]Read More

The Active Times just released the results of their reader survey and customer voting on the best bike shop in the country.   Thanks to our great athletes, Fit Werx not only made the top 50, but ended up at #1 for the entire country.   Fit Werx was born in a single room of an old […]Read More

If you have a power meter, you already own the best wind tunnel available.    Aerodynamic field testing is easier to do than ever and we tell you how to get started!  Check out the article by Fit Werx aero specialist, lead fitter and co-owner Dean Phillips that was just posted in the Tech Center […]Read More

By Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT               I just finished building our first bike equipped with Shimano’s new Ultegra 6800 “11 speed” mechanical groupset.  The “11 speed” refers to the rear cassette that now contains 11 cogs.  Shimano came out with the Dura Ace 9000 “11 speed” group over the winter, and they have […]Read More

By Jim Weaver, Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT             Now that Campagnolo, Shimano, and SRAM all offer drivetrains with 11 sprockets in the rear cassette, the question arose in our minds here at Fit Werx as to whether there is cross-compatibility between systems.  With the distances between cogs on the rear wheel getting smaller and […]Read More