Bike Fitting

A professional service to improve a cyclist’s interaction and experience with their bicycle, with a focus on 5 specific goals: 

• Preventing and resolving discomforts and injuries 
• Improving Comfort 
• Increasing Efficiency 
• Enhancing Performance 
• Promoting Safety 

For a deeper dive on bike fitting in general, head over to an extensive article on bike fitting on sister website Fit Kit Systems

The BikeFitr philosophy and approach seeks to balance the interplay between human, machine, and the natural forces at work on both.

Our approach is rider-centric. We want to understand the persons riding history and future intentions; physical and functional movement capabilities; and position potential.  We then work to integrate that with the bike, and its equipment limitations or options.

We use direct observation of the rider – their movement patterns, verbal feedback, and response to postural cues to position the rider in response to the overarching force working on the cyclist – which is gravity.  Getting the cyclist centered and balanced over the bike with good posture and effective muscle recruitment is key to a positive fit outcome.  We look at both the macro – the overall position, and the micro – finessing the ergonomic touch points of the feet, butt, and hands.

Our fitting is not driven by a strict adherence to normative range joint angles, but rather holistic posture and movement. We’ll use “comparative testing” to evaluate saddle and hand position options, rather than tell you how it should be.  And where appropriate we’ll deploy digital tools like saddle pressure mapping and video analysis to gather more information and insight. Although we use a consistent process, no two fit session are the same, as no two riders and their bikes are the same.

An important differentiation is the purpose of a bike fit.  Is it to advise on a new bike purchase, or to fit an existing bike?  Often a cyclist has both intentions in mind. 

See website sub menu items for more explanation of our broad service categories: for buying a new bike; fitting and existing bike; and other services.

For a full list of bike fit services and current pricing, click on the SERVICES button.