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F.I.S.T. Bike Fit Workshops Have a New Home
Workshops will take place in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Find local shops, clubs, events and more...
The Wahoo KICKR ROLLR Isn't Your Grandpa's Set Of Rollers
The Wahoo KICKR ROLLR isn't a set of rollers in the traditional sense, but it just might be exactly what you're looking for. Especially if you're a bike fitter.
Fit Ready and Its Implications
QR has gone and done it now! This may pressure brands and bike shops to match this, which will be a good thing.
Bike Fitting Has Rebounded. And How!
Fitters were singing the blues a year ago, but now they’re can’t keep up with demand. With challenges, however.
Fix It!
Now is the perfect time to Fix It. What is the "It" we're fixing? Your uncomfortable saddle, aerobar, pedal, or bike position.
A Sebastian Kienle bike fitting and aero test
Some pros might be relaxing or getting ready for the holidays this time of the year, but the fast German Sebastian Kienle spent time aero testing and bike fitting.
What Bike Fitters Inventory, Chapter One: Aerobars
I asked the best bike fitters what they inventory, grouped in saddles, aerobars, road bars, and more. Here's aerobars.
ACME Bicycle Company: Ace Fitters
The first in a series on the best bike fitters local to you. Are you in NYC? These guys are good.
Orthodoxy: Another Real World Example
Our Reader Forum is the place triathletes take their bike fit problems. Here's another one, and a good object lesson on orthodoxy.
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Reasonable bike fit expectations
Slowtwitch forum members too often (justifiably) complain about bad results from bike fit sessions. As of 2018 here is what you should expect.
Diamondback's Online Fit Calculator
What is the ambitious element to Diamondback’s prescriber? It prescribes your position with granular precision.
Mid-Season Tune for Heather Jackson
Loved the new position... comfortable all day... able to hold and or exceed target power... [a] bit higher cadence... [will] move to 165mm.
The Secret Weapon of Superstar Fitters: HX
I’m going to talk about the most important and underappreciated metric in bike fitting. It's the metric too many fitters ignore during a fit session.
The Bike Market's Gaping Blind Spot
Equal prize money, equal Kona slots, equal access. But equality in technical access? Not even close, and both genders are to blame.
Oceanside Bike Photos
Pics are Timothy Carlson's, comments on bike positions are Dan Empfield's
"Express Fits" at Slowtwitch Road Shows
Here are some examples of the Express Fits in San Diego and Dallas (this past weekend) as a guide to what Bay Area folks can expect this weekend.
F.I.S.T. Workshops (What really happens here?)
Here are images from a F.I.S.T. Bike Fit Workshop just concluded, along with a description of just what goes on here.
The Shrug, and Other Free Speed
Buying bike speed eventually gets pricey. What speed is available without spending any money or getting any fitter?
What Size? Part 2
If Trek, Felt, Cervelo, BMC say you can ride multiple sizes of their superbikes, which of these sizes is the right one for you?
What Size Bike?
You've decided on the bike you want. Now you need to know what size to buy? Are you a 51cm, a 54cm, or a 56cm? Let's go through the process.
Choosing Your Felt Superbike
Do you covet a Felt IA? You tell me how you fit aboard any tri bike, I'll tell you exactly which IA or DA you need to buy, with the precise stem and front-end you need.
Finding Your Ideal P5
We're going to determine what my best P5 Six would be via a simple 5-minute process you can use to discover which P5 size and front-end config is ideal for you.
Find Your Superbike: Trek
If you knew what I know, you could find the bikes, all bikes, road or tri, that fit you, in 20 or 30 minutes tops. So let's make sure you know what I know.
Looking for a Tri Bike?
How do you choose a bike? Herein is a list of imperatives, 18 of them. How could any bike run that gauntlet? Turns out, selecting your perfect bike isn't that hard.
The GURU system
We wrote about the GURU fit bike last year, in a series on fit tools. Here we're talking about the entire GURU system, what it is, what it means for the future of retail and of how you and your bike ...
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