A professional bike fit is often mistaken for a simple mechanical adjustment, but in reality, it’s a technical consultation that harmonises your…
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What to Expect at a Professional Bike Fit
The most important component of your bicycle isn’t the high-modulus carbon frame or the electronic shifting; it’s your own unique physiology. If…
Signs You Need a Bike Fit: A Clinical Guide to Cycling Biomechanics
What if the persistent ache in your lower back or the numbness in your hands wasn’t a mandatory price of admission for being a cyclist? Many riders…
The Saddle Pain Dilemma: What To Do If Changing Your Bike Fit Doesn’t Work?
The Saddle Pain Dilemma: What To Do If Changing Your Bike Fit Doesn’t Work? If you have ever spent a ride constantly shifting your weight, dreading the next climb, or finishing a multi-hour session with persistent numbness and saddle sores, you are not alone. Saddle discomfort is the single most common complaint riders bring to … Continue reading The Saddle Pain Dilemma: What To Do If Changing Your Bike Fit Doesn’t Work?
Saddle Pain? Wait… It Might Not Be The Saddle…
What Most Riders Are Struggling With… By far and away one of the most common discomforts that riders suffer unnecessarily on a bicycle is, in some way shape or form, discomfort related to their interaction with the saddle. Finding a comfortable saddle can feel like a lifetime’s journey for some riders, and to say that … Continue reading Saddle Pain? Wait… It Might Not Be The Saddle…
Hyper-Bikes Are Coming – Are You Ready For This?
Hyper-Bikes Are Coming… It seems like the only constant in the bike industry these days is change. Every few years or so, the pendulum swings between the two extremes of what the ”must have” bike of the moment is, generally alternating in some guise between a lightweight climber, or an aero spaceship. There was a … Continue reading Hyper-Bikes Are Coming – Are You Ready For This?
What Would a Bike Fitter Ride?
As we’re all well aware, the supposed correct number of bicycles that one should own is N+1, with the “N” of course being the number of bikes you currently own. Now, this would be great if you had an industrial sized unit to house all of these hypothetical bikes in, as well as the bottomless … Continue reading What Would a Bike Fitter Ride?
Avoiding Stupidity is Easier Than Seeking Brilliance.
“Avoiding Stupidity is Easier Than Seeking Brilliance”… Just sit with that sentence for a minute… It’s so simple, so obvious and yet… Seemingly so difficult to actually put into practice in so many contexts within our lives. Our recent podcast mini series, “Modern bike fit mistakes” got me thinking about the different choices people make … Continue reading Avoiding Stupidity is Easier Than Seeking Brilliance.
Are You Ready For a Bike Fit?
How To Get the Most Out of Your Bike Fitting Are you ready for a bike fit? Committing to a bike fit is not something that should be taken lightly. After all, it’s a significant investment of time, financial resources and learning, to embark on a process that is ultimately aimed to help you to … Continue reading Are You Ready For a Bike Fit?
What is a Bike Fit Jig? And When Do We Use One?
As bike fitters, we are often lucky enough to have a myriad of tools available at our disposal to help riders achieve greater harmony between body and bike. Today we are going to demystify the bike fit jig. As we know, and often reiterate, it’s not only a case of just having these tools that … Continue reading What is a Bike Fit Jig? And When Do We Use One?