West End Wine Shop will be showcasing red and white wines while pairing with cheese and crackers from the new Alfalfa’s store.

All attendees MUST RSVP prior to the event. See below for event details. Hope you can make it!

We are now filling it up with lots of Road and Tri Cervelos, BMC’s, Look, Orbea and Specialized bikes. As well as tricked-out components and wheels. Take a look at the new dig.

Our new location is in The Village Shopping Center at:

2480 Canyon Boulevard M-2
Boulder, Colorado

We will be across the north-side parking lot from McGuckins and between Alba and Charles Schwab.

Click Here for a Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=2480+canyon+blvd+boulder+co&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=2480+Canyon+Blvd,+Boulder,+CO+80302&gl=us&ei=3n1tTbjsJYbksQPVjoitBQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA

Here is a picture of the outside as of 20 minutes ago!

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I want to first talk about what the drop means.  To understand drop, it is important to know that aerobars were designed to put you in a more stable aerodynamic position.  Being more aerodynamic means that you will either get from point A to B faster for a given amount of energy, or you will be able to cover that same distance more efficiently (less energy) in the same amount of time as it would take without the aerobars.  The key factor relating drop and aerodynamics, is that lowering the bikes front end can decrease the frontal area of the rider that the wind is contacting, thus, making you more aerodynamic and faster (I spent a lot of time with this in my Masters research).

So more drop is obviously better. Right?  It turns out that more drop is not always better.  First off, just because you can get lower in the front end, it does not always mean you are more aerodynamic.  When you get too low relative to your flexibility, you get more rounding in the back which actually changes the shape of your body relative to the wind and affects your aerodynamic quality in a negative way (alters the shape coefficient of the aerodynamic equation – FD= ½*ρ*A*Cd(v)).  Second, with to much drop, your hip angle starts to close and this can lead to a loss of power.  You may also tighten up more easily in these lower positions, causing you to sit up and stretch, which vastly compromises the small aerodynamic gain you may have created by having slightly more drop.

So what determines the amount of drop for an individual?  The main factors that set up drop for an individual arranged in my level of importance are:

• Injury – past or current injuries may affect the bodies potential for accommodating drop, or aerodynamic positions altogether.
• Body proportion – one example is having two identical bodies except the arm length.  Having longer arms will mean more drop
• Flexibility/Range of Motion (ROM)  through the neck, back, hip, and hamstrings – if you have limited ROM in the cervical vertebrae, you will have less drop
• Seat Tube Angle (bike geometry) – changes the hip angle which affects how well we can produce power.  So moving the saddle further forward (to a point) we can often have more drop
• Event distance – the longer the distance, the more comfortable we need to be and the more likely we need to have less drop to keep from tightening up, prematurely fatiguing muscles, and be able to digest more easily.
• Goals – may determine the need for more or less drop mostly dictated by physical comfort and riding confidence level (safety).

As you analyze your current bike or you are trying to set up a bike for yourself, make sure you don’t just set the bike up to mimic the bikes you see pictured in magazine ads or your favorite tour rider.  This will set you up to have a bad experience on a triathlon/TT bike, and possibly just perform poorly on race day.  There should be more thought and reasoning behind the amount of drop you choose rather than just deciding that you want a “flat” stem with no spacers.  We pride ourselves in understanding the nuances of fit which encompasses the amount of drop an individual should have.  Feel free to contact me for more questions on this topic, or to set up a professional bike fit, and take the guess work out of your bike setup.

We’ll be moving within the next month to a bigger, better location in Boulder. For those of you familiar with Boulder, we will be in the Village Shopping Mall (McGuckins area) between Charles Schwab and Alba. We are located by the corner of Folsom and Canyon.

We are loading up on inventory for the store. We’ve just received lots of Cervelo’s and BMC’s. Yes, CMS is now a dealer for BMC – we are extremely excited to offer our customers this high-performance bike brand.

After listening to our customers, we heard that you desired a dependable, high-quality service center. In the past, CMS shared mechanical services with Sports Garage. With our new location, we will have a full-service mechanic center with expert mechanics. Along with Chuck Panaccione, who is one of the new owners and mechanic to Craig Alexander and other pro-triathletes – we are now pleased to welcome Tom Hopper to the team. Until recently, Tom was the lead mechanic for Garmin/Slipstream pro team.

We now have a Trade-Up program for all of our customers. If you are eyeing a new bike but need to sell your old bike first. We want to help you out. Bring your bike to CMS and we will determine its value. Then, we’ll credit the your old bikes’ value toward your new bike purchase. Adios old bike, hello new bike.

We hope to see you in our new space.

Thanks for reading.
Celesta

Let us introduce ourselves! We are long-term Boulder residents who have a long-term history in triathlon, road cycling and mountain biking. We are also dedicated to listening to our customers and helping our customers.

Yes, you might know us…..

- Michael Stone, triathlete and Xterra competitor, author of Eye Envy, personal coach and trainer.
- Chuck Panaccione, co-owner of Superfly Cycles, custom wheel builder and cycling component designer, mechanic to pro triathletes Craig Alexander, Stephen Hackett, Jo Lawn –  to name a few.
- Celesta Howe, co-owner of Superfly Cycles and cyclist whenever time allows and a mom to our youngest sponsored rider.

In the near future, we are:

- moving within 2 months next to Alba restaurant and McGuckin’s in the Village Shopping center.
- bringing new bike, wheel and component lines to the shop
- building a state-of-the-art fitting studio
- offering expert mechanical services
- offering custom wheel builds
- sponsoring many, many events at our new store

We are excited about the next year and hope to meet you all.
(Keep a look out for our grand opening bash coming soon).

Fly Faster,

Chuck, Michael, Celesta, Ryan, Geoff, Steve, Brandon, Alex
The Colorado MultiSport and Superfly Cycles Team