10 Bike fit tips for BEGINNERS
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
- Top 10 bike fit tips for beginner cyclists, to achieve a better cycling experience!
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Thank you James, it's very helpful. I would add something like "do stretching before every bike ride and abs exercises after to get used to a shorter and lower position on the bike sooner".
Nice one James. Great work. 👍🇮🇪
Very nice, James.
Question for the next Q/A: Should the bike shoe industry switch over to the Mondo Point size system like in ski boots. Length of the foot instead of a random number that can „run small or big“
Great micfit, James.
Second an MTB fit vid.
Wow awesome video..!! Thanks
Thanks! I'm learning so much with these videos and will certainly make a bike fit before my first road bike purchase
Can you do a MTB bike fit video?
Saddle height 15mm lower than your road bike height , mtb stems are always short and you only have one hand position so just go by feel with stem and bar lengths
@@Cycle.every.day. saddle 15mm lower. What? Why?
My saddles are same height across my road, MTB and gravel bikes (give or take a few mm for different pedal system stack height).
My reach on my gravel bike is very slightly shorter than road, but not by much, thanks to the bars being a smidge higher. My MTB is fair bit shorter, but the bar width counters that to some degree.
All around solid advice. At least four of those points, I have personally experienced. One under-appreciated fit strategy is to buy the smaller frame (if between two sizes) and flip over the stem so that it gives you +2cm of rise without addition of spacers. With a modest 1cm stack of spacers, you'll most likely easily get enough stack for a comfortable reach in an endurance fit. Even though the contact points for two different bikes can be made exactly the same by changing seat posts or stems, these two bikes will not handle the same. The smaller frame with a steering axis closer to the body will feel like the bike is underneath you. The larger frame will feel like you're driving a carriage or a bus. You won't be able to lean into the corner as confidently. So it is very important to get the frame size right, and not dwell over the colour, brand or material or even a set of carbon wheels. Note also, if you're new to cycling, your perception of how the bike feels will change as you become fitter, your proprioception changes and your riding preferences change.
To test the saddle height method suggested here, I just measured my saddle height, and sure enough, the inseam-12cm rule was within 4mm of my current saddle height!!
setting up the cleat towards the back was the biggest gamechanger for me. before I did that I got severe foot pain after 60-80km. now I can comfortably ride on
Absolutely the coolest bike channel I've ever seen. James is a total joy to watch. Funny and informative.
Stop simping
Nice one James 👍
Great synopsis!
Excellent video!!!
I've seen a Giant Defy Advanced 1 for sale, mint 2021 barely ridden- it's M when I'm only 5'7" and have always ridden S . But I have a 33" inseam, (very)short body. The Giant official charts show I'd be fine if I was 5'8"(they don't even consider 5'7" height having a 33"or greater inseam) but looking a the geometry there's 15mm difference between the S and M for ETT, yet just 3mm of that is in the reach, so 12mm must be the 0.5 degree slacker seat tube. But the bike comes with a layback post so if I got an inline post and reduced the stem (always have to do that) I reckon it could be suitable. Bonus extra would be going from 140 to 160 Head Tube and an increase of 21mm in stack- "levelling the bike out from seat to bars" so to speak. The problem I've had with non endurance frames at S and my leg length is the stack/HT is always too small (as I'm old and inflexible lol) Any thoughts anyone?
Loud and very clear tips 👍🏻
Another option is to buy a book about bike fitting and testing things out at home.
Sure it's not as good as getting a fit by a professional, but when your flexibility, weight, fitness, equipment, riding conditions, mental state and preferences etc changes throughout the year, it seems like one way to go.
Would you be so kind as to recommend any books about bike fitting?
Just wonderful. ❤
Great Tips James ❤
This is fucking awesome, thank you very much
The cleat full back advice is ok until you get to size 47 or 48 or above , fully back on those sizes can be a bit much.
Actually it's the opposite. The bigger your shoes (or feet), the more important it is to move the cleats back
I really love your content James, but you're often mentioning lowering saddle height and that it's not going to cause any major problems if it's low. Maybe it's me but i've recently had a bikefit (2nd one unfortunately), and the fitter increased my sadle by a lot (2.4cm). Previously i was running 74.6cm and now it's 77cm (87cm insteam, 172.5mm crank, 45.5 Lake MX242). The reason why is because i was having a lot of back thigh muscle pain (apparently sth called "right biceps femoris") and the reason was "not fully extending the leg that is a little shorter". First of all, i was surprised that my leg is shorter because i couldn't tell by either looking or walking, secondly that the reason seamed good enough since the pain was only in 1 leg.
The problem is that even after rising saddle sometimes it still hurts during longer and harder efforts (but not as much as before), and i cannot rise saddle anymore because it starts affecting my pedaling smoothness and the control at the bottom of the stroke. But getting back to what you were implying in the other videos, getting saddle lower than it suppose to be might cause problems as much as getting it higher, just different kind of problems. Unless it's not related to the saddle height completely and it was just coincident that it helped a little.
If I size down I lose a massive chunk of stack height?
Would be good to see some shoe fitting vids, in particular a foot that is wide, flat and looks like it belongs to a duck billed platypus 😊
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Did you really mean 12 cm? That’s a lot!
It is correct. Saddle height is measured from the center BB (center of spindle) to the top of the saddle, along the seat tube.
@@bengt_axleyes I know that - the measurement. But Upon reflection 12 cm isn’t that much lower than the lemond formula for example maybe an inch or two. I’ll try it. 🤷♂️
@@subtropicalken1362 For me 0.883 X inseam and this method gives about the same result, in addition to the heel on pedal method. My shoe is 42.5, crank 165mm.