Steelhead Triathlon Bicycles

Get you tri fit nailed the first time!

Our retail shop, Maplewood Bicycle is known around the world as one of the few places to get you tri fit nailed the first time. We married into the triathlon world hard core decades before triathlon became the huge wonderful sport that it is. With thousands of athletes from beginner age groupers to 40 time Ironman veterans, our intimate relationships over the years in providing fitting and equipment expertise makes us your new best friend.

What makes our triathlon frame better than the competition? First off when the spastic tri guy in transition blasts into you and knocks your multi thousand dollar bike over the top tube won’t splinter into an array of carbon fibers. Our cable routing is run externally, Shimano specifically states not to run cables internally or it will retard the shifting performance. If you truly think that cables run inside the frame make you faster than a bike that shifts flawlessly every time and has no hesitation on that critical shift, maybe you should buy the latest magazine bike of the week. Our mulitsport clients train every single free second they have and that is very hard with a career and a family. We love seeing everyone at the shop but who has a spare hour to blow driving to the shop to get a small tweak on the rear derailleur? We also refuse to design around aero seat posts. The competitions posts slip, crack, fail, creak, and get stuck. If your post breaks on race day, what are the chances the local yocal bike shop will be able to get you going?

Our titanium production frames have the same increase headtube length as our legendary road frame. They are flat out fast and comfortable. You can spend all day in the aero bars and not need the post race emergency massage session so you can look at your computer screen the next day.

We will be posting quite a bit more info on the why’s and why not’s of triathlon fitting and frame design. With our specialty in the fitting process and our intimate knowledge of design, manufacturing, and real shop experience, you will not be disappointed.