Helping cyclists adjust their bikes since 2005
teaching The art of adjusting a bike to fit a body
Road bike fitting instructions and tools
- Increase Performance
- Improve Comfort
- Prevent Injuries
The most comprehensive DIY bike fitting system on the market
Not everyone can have a custom bike, but everyone can have a custom fit!
A bike fitting properly aligns a bike to the unique physical characteristics of a rider. The bike is adjustable, and the rider is adaptable. The less that the rider has to adapt will have a direct impact on a rider’s enthusiasm and how well they can excel in the sport. The benefits of a proper fitting bike cannot be overestimated.
After a bike fitting, most people notice that they have more power and improved comfort which enables them to ride for a longer duration of time. But the main reason to have a bike fitting is not for the instant gratification of more power and comfort. It is to prevent injuries that will keep you off your bike, and to extend your ability to ride by years, or even decades.
If you ride for four hours a week at a cadence (rpm) of 80, you will pedal 1,000,000 revolutions per year. Even a minor misalignment can lead to major problems over time. Riding a bike without adjusting it so that your body is correctly aligned is comparable to driving a car without having the tires correctly aligned. Sooner or later you will notice some unusual wear patterns. All too often, the damage to your body is permanent. You can significantly reduce your probability of injury in the future by adjusting your bike to fit your body today.
The goal is to have a well-adjusted bike so that on long rides, your body tires equally without having overworked any particular muscles or joints. At the same time, you want to be in a position that allows you to transfer maximum power with minimum effort.
There are many benefits to having a correctly fitted bike, both short and long term. If you are going to align your bike yourself, it is important to follow instructions from a trusted resource. There is a lot of conflicting bike fitting advice, some of it is correct, and some of it is not, and trying to navigate through it can be frustrating. The quality of information that you choose to follow will have a direct impact on the quality of your fit, and how well you ride. Our DIY manual comes with something you cannot get with other systems. It comes with a fine tuning guide which is a list of the top 21 discomforts caused by an adjustment that is outside of your fit window, with the likely cause, and what needs to be adjusted to alleviate the discomfort. This is used to fine tune your bike after the initial set up, bringing you from a basic fitting to an intermediate fitting. The information provided in our products contains proven methods that are in alignment with top experts in the field, in an easy to use format. The manual is updated annually to ensure that you will have the best information available, and at $9.99, it is cheaper than a pair of socks.