I was there in mid-September shopping for a wetsuit, and I did buy one (and I am happy with my purchase,) but it was the only one in my size. Again, I am happy with the purchase. I too thought the inventory was a little thin, but chalked it up as a new store and cost of inventory. They seemed to be well stocked with clothing, but the bikes and components seemed minimul.

As a relative newcomer to the sport, I wouldn't say it was a great visit. More like go in, buy what you need, then leave. I will probably make another trip in a few months and see if there is any change...

Ray G

I went in right after they opened. there were a couple of people there who were very knowledgeable and helpful, but one person at the counter seemed like they were a clerk. They had okay stock of wetsuits, and some bikes. It seemed to me that they stocked a lot of the items they could sell a lot of, such as clothing, but not a lot of the high dollar inventory items. I think that for the bikes, they would probably have you select the bike from their displays then they would fit you and order the correct size for you.

I talked to the clerk, and he got the triathlete guy from out back. Triathlete guy told me that a basic bike fitting consisted of fitting you to your bike, making adjustments., etc. The advanced fitting included setting you up on the Computrainer as well, and spending more time with you. In any case, they told me that the bike fitting room was in the back.

Hopefully they will do well, mature, and become able to stock a lot more equipment, but that will take a few years.

I would liken the experience to walking into a rock climbing store in Las Vegas in 1987. Small store, not a lot of stock, but some knowledgeable staff (if you went in at the right time) who could get you whatever you wanted and would be happy to talk.

I remember when WheelWorks opened in Belmont, they were a small BMX bike shop, nothing at all like what they are now.

synopsis:

IMHO, their locations are a bit high-rent and inconvenient as far as parking is concerned. Also, I'd love to do a post-mortem on their website. It's WAY too heavy. Just the home page requires hundreds of image downloads. Whoever designed obviously didn't care about people with low bandwidth internet connections. I have a cable modem and it took a couple of minutes to load the first time I went to the site. I'll assume that they had a lot of money to play with, as I'm pretty confident that a sharp pencil could have cut a lot of their startup costs, starting with more convenient, less expensive locations and running to a lower-tech, easier to use website.

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three of their people have come through FIST workshops, tho one was from their store in maine.

they're pretty sharp people. it's a start-up. give them a year.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman