December 16, 2022

Bike Fitting: What To Adjust First?

One of the biggest challenges to working on your riding position is knowing where to start. While fitting your bike can seem quite simple on the surface, all of the bike fit adjustments you make have the potential to interact with each other. Knowing what order to tackle each adjustment in will help you avoid chasing your tail and getting stuck in a never ending cycle of changes that seemingly just cancel each other out. For those of you looking to get straight to the goods, here is the order we recommend when tackling your fit:  Cleat Position Saddle Position Grip Position Ride Your Bike Follow Up   Read on if you’re interested in a more detailed breakdown of what’s included in each step and why.   Cleat Position We always recommend starting a bike fit with your feet. So much […]
January 31, 2022

New Bike Fit Ranges

We are excited to launch some small but meaningful changes to our system for how it measures riders and recommends changes to their position. In short, we’ve adapted our bike fit ranges to better accommodate more riders, particularly those at either end of the performance/comfort spectrum.  Let’s dive into the specifics of the changes!   Joint Angle Ranges The recommended ranges applied during our on-bike analysis are uniquely tailored to the bike type, fit goals and individual mobility of each rider we fit.  These ranges have been established based on industry best practice ranges in bike fitting, and ones that we have been using as part of professional fits for years. They are calibrated to reflect internal research and testing on how our computer vision tools measure cyclists in comparison to other industry technologies such as high speed video capture, […]