@Bikefitjames I know there are probably time constraints with filming regular customers who you don't know personally, but I'd like to see more lengthy videos like this on your channel
Seriously, 16 weeks to wait to find out you are married. Congratulations to you both. Fantastic news. The vlog was awesome. James is a bloody legend. Wish I could afford to visit.
This guy is an absolute wizard. So much fit bs out there, but the reasoning behind these changes just make sense from a physics and physiological perspective. Thank you
Excellent video. I'm a 5'2" 65 year old gal riding road bikes since I was 11. Yup most bikes suck for us short people. I had a bike fit with 17 year old Trek Madone. My new extra small Specialized Creo 2 fits pretty good but I'm going to have a bike fit to make the biking experience more zen. I don't bounce or rock on the saddle when pedalling. No numb hands or feet. Just some discomfort in the left upper back/neck area. My posture is neutral...no postural tilting of the pelvis. Thanks for your expertise. 😊
James is the man - I had saddle sores on long rides for years that other bike fitters could not fix. One visit to James in the brick cellar and I'm sorted, although it did involve new bars, seat post, shoes and saddle! Next time I need a new bike I'll see him first...
Reckon it's time for a "Mystery Rider" to rack up, with the exact same analysis requirements, at James Bike Fit, Phil Burt's Bike Fit & UK Bike Fit ! :) Then see if there's any differential in the resulting data numbers ! 😁
See "The Need for Data-driven Bike Fitting: Data Study of Subjective Expert Fitting" by Braekevelt et al. The authors tested two riders across nine fitters and saddle height varied by 3 cm!
@@johnmcnulty1129 You would simply need three identical bikes to start with for three fits so that you could be able to test the difference. A blunder would come apparent quite fast, although it is not highly likely that you would get a fail as such
I had a bike fit with Denver at James' Bicycle Richmond in January and it transformed my riding experience. I still love watching James fit other people.
I've been wanting to see Cade Media do a video like for a long time - well done, so insightful and for me and I hope others, removes that fear / trepidation of going to a bike fitter.
My wife is 5'1" and it's so good to hear your thoughts. It echoes our experience of too high BB's and too long cranks for short legs...We can solve narrower bars and cranks easily, but BB drop is difficult..
@@nathanattwood7187 my wife rides a 27.5" mountain bike (XS/13.5" Liv Lust) and 700c hybrid eBike (Merida eSpeeder). In the past she's had 26" Cannondale F900sl, Trek Superfly and Liv Invite (gravel). All have fitted well frame wise, but all had cranks too long and wide bars. Her current Liv Lust we cut the wide bars down to just over her shoulder width and I found 65mm cranks, but would like smaller if I could. The eSpeeder is newish and I'm looking at a crank change again, and I've already taken 4cm off bars.
yah im realizing that my fiance's BB height is really the cause of some of her issues on the bike. this is a great help so we can find a better fitting frame
LOVE IT!!! I'm a 5'4" bloke with short legs and arms. This video pretty much nails it all from my point of view: not enough small bike options, crank length, problems with non-700c wheels, advisability of going custom. One elephant in the room is the (lack of) availability of 160mm cranks. They are out there: I use some TA but they use square taper BBs and the excellent Sugino OX....BUT they're rare and expensive. Is there scope to explore gearing options for smaller and (often) less powerful riders ie smaller gears allowing a more "spinny" pedalling style?
Love watching the content even after having a fit and several appointments with James to sort issues and purchase a new bike. Can’t recommend James enough
The ISO standard actually allows for a far lower BB height on lean angles. The actual issue is creating a consistent size chart with respect to stack heights as a lower BB needs a shorter head tube for consistent stack. Hard to engineer a very short head tube with the taper, space for hose routing and only one fork on all sizes of Dogma.
Great content. Nice to meet Dani. Curious to see the build, hope that becomes a video. Could be cool to also see a video of you other three to understand how James manages your fits.
Get a disc-braked 28" bike and put in 27'5" or 26" wheels (or 27,5" bike with 26" wheels). Voilà: Lower bottom bracket, lower saddle to ground distance.
@@sempi8159 No, that is not how it works. The bottom bracket gets lower by using a wheel that is smaller than the frame was designed for. A frame designed for 27.5" wheels has the same bottom bracket height with 27.5" wheels as a comparable 28" frame with 28" wheels.
Insightful. Surely many people deviate from "ideal" size and body proportions such that an off-the-shelf frame compromises one's riding position. Now people are more aware of crank length, bar width, etc.coming into play in "non-ideal" physiognomies. It is great that there are so many custom builders out there. Still, a hard sell for a bike shop owner to such a customer who walks in expecting that a standard bike will fit 'em.
For those with small kids learning to ride, youll probably haveen the bottom bracket height issue too. Kid has to have saddle too low (granted rhey are super flexy) so can get power down to go/startup up hills, as otherwise they cannot stop easily without falling..
I love seeing Bike Fit Tuesday again. (although I miss 'Angry James' :-) ) This was an excellent video walking through real issues with a rider. Even as one who is the opposite kind of 'vertically challenged' I came away from it with a better understanding of the ergonomics. (please do one for stupidly tall people too)
This is the best effing bike video on youtube. Its so important for folk to feel comfortable and confident on a bike so they can enjoy and get better at cycling. Manufacturers need to design geometry around bike fit and sell us bikes that actually fit a human being! Thanks Francis and James, watched this from start to finish and didn't even blink!
BRAVO! The industry has had way too much success destroying the value of "made-to-measure" vs t-shirt sizes! Time for that pendulum to swing back IMHO. Keep it up!
this is just so deep and so interesting I am in Awe. Just got my first ever Gravel and first ever bike fit and I am amazed at the differences before and after. Kudos to James for expertly clarifying the little things which are so important!
Since minimum stack height is essentially determined by the fork, if you lower the bottom bracket (increase drop), lowering the saddle height in space, how do you deal with the fact that you can't lower stack height to compensate? Do you end up with riders with very little, or even negative saddle to bar drop? Shorter crank lengths will certainly help with this, since you can raise the saddle, but it seems like it still will not be enough for shorter riders.
Great video, and like many I'm now intrigued about what bike Danni ends up getting. On another note, as a 185cm/6'1" tall man, it would be interesting to see a bike fit video, either here or on James's channel for someone around this height and the recommendations/advice James has for saddle height, crank length, etc.
Fantastic before and after comparison shots. Great type of content to share for those interested in dialing in their own bike fits. (Yes I’ve been to a professional, but wish I could go see James!)
James is an amazing bike fitter but he has a few opinions that I think are a bit interesting. The touching the floor thing. I come from the world of mountain biking. We have high bottom bracket clearance for obvious reasons. With that in mind, when my saddles are set at the correct height, I can barely touch the floor with the very tips of my toes. This is what dropper posts are for. 27.2mm droppers for road and gravel bikes are a thing for a reason. Get the bike you want. Set your saddle at the correct height and either learn how to step off of a bike correctly or get a dropper. Or preferably both.
For a road bike though you don’t need ground clearance like a mountain bike. And he is talking about riders that lack confidence which people riding over rocks on a MTB likely don’t have an issue with. I have never seen a bike fit video mention bottom bracket drop before though. Certainly an interesting thing to think about.
Having shorter cranks allows you to raise the saddle. By doing this, you can open up the hip angle when your foot is in the 12 o'clock position. A longer crank means lowering the saddle so that you don't fully extend the leg when the foot is in 6 o'clock position, but this means that the hip angle is smaller in the 12 position causing impingement. I hope that helps.
The bit about saddles being too wide, therefore riders sit forward on the narrower part to avoid the rubbing... I've been noticing that myself and wondering if it could be the case. It's validating to hear that it's something he sees a lot.
So, Dr Dani needed a shorter crank and saddle adjustments. Was a shorter/longer stem needed or a different angle? I notice that new bars were fitted to test bike. Did Dr Dani need a Narrower Bar? If a 170 Crank was fitted to bike then I am guessing a 40 or 42cm bar was also fitted and Dr Danni looked like she was a slim build so maybe 38cm bars
Welcome to the channel Daniella! Francais, if all I had to do in order to get a bike fit from James was to marry you, I would have married you years ago. Great video, please never put a filter on the amount of nerdy bike fit talk in these videos. It's some of the best chat on the platform!
Educational as always. Thank you Francis & James. @bikefitjames: as one adjusts saddle height when changing crank length is the same true for saddle setback (fore/aft)?
It's just clicked from your mates custom Sarto vid that this is your Mrs? Mate your not the elephant man or anything but you are punching there like.......chapeau!
You don’t mention wheel size in relation to bb drop (assuming bike is designed for that wheel size). Is this because small people need 700c wheels to keep up with mates? On smaller bikes that stay w 700c, doesn’t toe overlap also become an issue?
Great one, again... In fact I went (as many of us) through tons and years of optimization, having learnt few things on my own.. wish I would pay more attention back then and had found some material of such quality... Few pretty common things I use to suffer on: - as soon as you start to move around sattle / jiggle and wabble on sattle the height is very likely too high (or dramatically too low) - bending of the knees in lower dead end, as mentioned here, shouldn't go over 145° (linked pretty strong to sattle)... however seat post angle and adjustment range of sattle plays a role here as well - try at least once shorter cranks, this might be game changer - acknowledge, that 80% of handlebar optimization originates actually in wrong ratio between stack and reach... so basically the frame size / shape
Absolutely not. If there is too much weight on your hands, the reach is too long. Saddle moves forward to take some weight off the hands. Rule of thumb is that should be able to sit up and lift your hands from the bars with no effort.
@@jonmathias6159 that make no sense. If you move saddle forward you put more weight on the hands. You first balance body around BB, then adjust reach. I have my foreaft set back enough that i have little weight on my hands at coasting speed of 25kmh and weightless at 30kmh and above. If i put it forward there is much more weight on my hands.
@@jonmathias6159 There is no body that certifies "professional bike fitter" anyone can be a bike fitter. Nevertheless, your response did not address my point which is something that is obvious to anyone who have modicum of experience riding a bicycle.
Been wondering for a while now, is it possible or practical to do a bike fit for flat pedals? Places i found in the nearby specifically state they only do it for clipless pedals and shoes.
A bike fit is a good idea for any bike you ride regularly. You can do a bike fit with flat pedals, but foot position becomes variable. That can mess with knee and ankle angles and potentially foot, leg and pelvis stability. So the fitters that say they only fit riders who use clipless probably don't want to do the extra thinking to cater for these variables. And/or they use computer and camera driven fit systems like Retul that rely very heavily on angles being within certain ranges to call the fitt 'good'. Note that angles don't dictate a successful fit. A successful fit is one that makes the rider comfortable and able to ride more and enjoy their bike.
Also Danny is spot on, cause most people are not sure exactly how it is supposed to feel. She is making James work
Yes, and that's when experience comes in. He knows how it should feel by experience from other people. Very interesting!
Nice Francis, already monetizing the marriage 😁
I believe they already did this on their wedding night, or they were supposed to anyway 🤔
@@TheManic.5-OH creepy and weird…
"She's been suffering for 5 years" heyooooooo
Hey marriage costs a lot more 😅
@Bikefitjames I know there are probably time constraints with filming regular customers who you don't know personally, but I'd like to see more lengthy videos like this on your channel
Seriously, 16 weeks to wait to find out you are married. Congratulations to you both. Fantastic news. The vlog was awesome. James is a bloody legend. Wish I could afford to visit.
Part of me just wants a bike fit so I can hang out with James and talk nerdy bike things
You could. There’s worse ways to spend money.
your not the only one, you can book a fit with his company but it costs extra to do it with him
@@pierrethetrex6106 Worth it in my books!
Only James and Opticians touch something and say “Better or worse” 😂
She’s bouncing like mad at the beginning. Solid as a rock at the end. Lovely.
This guy is an absolute wizard. So much fit bs out there, but the reasoning behind these changes just make sense from a physics and physiological perspective. Thank you
Shout to Francis! Thanks for bringing BikeFit Tuesdays back! I sorely missed it! 🙌🏼 ✌️
Wait! What bike is Dani gonna get?!?! Don't leave us hanging 🙏
OMG i could listen to James talk about bikefit for hours
Excellent video. I'm a 5'2" 65 year old gal riding road bikes since I was 11. Yup most bikes suck for us short people. I had a bike fit with 17 year old Trek Madone. My new extra small Specialized Creo 2 fits pretty good but I'm going to have a bike fit to make the biking experience more zen. I don't bounce or rock on the saddle when pedalling. No numb hands or feet. Just some discomfort in the left upper back/neck area. My posture is neutral...no postural tilting of the pelvis. Thanks for your expertise. 😊
I speak for much of the audience when I say we've missed Bike Fit James! Welcome back 🎉
James is the man - I had saddle sores on long rides for years that other bike fitters could not fix. One visit to James in the brick cellar and I'm sorted, although it did involve new bars, seat post, shoes and saddle! Next time I need a new bike I'll see him first...
Think there is a pretty huge, visual difference and everything looks much better. Very interesting to watch. Thanks!
Finally someone talks about the flaw of BB drop for smaller bikes. Especially more important for bikepacking
The bike fitter was excellent in this!. His energy was amazing.
Reckon it's time for a "Mystery Rider" to rack up, with the exact same analysis requirements, at James Bike Fit, Phil Burt's Bike Fit & UK Bike Fit ! :)
Then see if there's any differential in the resulting data numbers ! 😁
that would be interesting! bit costly though haha
Plus who would have the "Final" say on verification ?
Loughborough University, Team UAE or Sir Dave Brailsford ? :) 🤔
See "The Need for Data-driven Bike Fitting: Data Study of Subjective Expert Fitting" by Braekevelt et al. The authors tested two riders across nine fitters and saddle height varied by 3 cm!
@@johnmcnulty1129 You would simply need three identical bikes to start with for three fits so that you could be able to test the difference. A blunder would come apparent quite fast, although it is not highly likely that you would get a fail as such
Then fly over the Australia to the guy from Road Cycling Academy
I had a bike fit with Denver at James' Bicycle Richmond in January and it transformed my riding experience. I still love watching James fit other people.
I've been wanting to see Cade Media do a video like for a long time - well done, so insightful and for me and I hope others, removes that fear / trepidation of going to a bike fitter.
My wife is 5'1" and it's so good to hear your thoughts. It echoes our experience of too high BB's and too long cranks for short legs...We can solve narrower bars and cranks easily, but BB drop is difficult..
Not difficult. Expensive.
I'm really struggling to figure this out too. My wife is 5'. Do I need to get her a 24" bike?
@@nathanattwood7187 my wife rides a 27.5" mountain bike (XS/13.5" Liv Lust) and 700c hybrid eBike (Merida eSpeeder). In the past she's had 26" Cannondale F900sl, Trek Superfly and Liv Invite (gravel). All have fitted well frame wise, but all had cranks too long and wide bars. Her current Liv Lust we cut the wide bars down to just over her shoulder width and I found 65mm cranks, but would like smaller if I could. The eSpeeder is newish and I'm looking at a crank change again, and I've already taken 4cm off bars.
@@nathanattwood7187 and she's 5'1"
yah im realizing that my fiance's BB height is really the cause of some of her issues on the bike. this is a great help so we can find a better fitting frame
I'm just a recreational rider but man now I want a bike fit like this.
Glad to see more of james coming into the content again, love what he brings.
LOVE IT!!!
I'm a 5'4" bloke with short legs and arms. This video pretty much nails it all from my point of view: not enough small bike options, crank length, problems with non-700c wheels, advisability of going custom. One elephant in the room is the (lack of) availability of 160mm cranks. They are out there: I use some TA but they use square taper BBs and the excellent Sugino OX....BUT they're rare and expensive. Is there scope to explore gearing options for smaller and (often) less powerful riders ie smaller gears allowing a more "spinny" pedalling style?
Thank you for talking about short cyclist bike fit! ❤
I'm a PhD student and the BB drop discussion was very, very interesting and well articulated. Thanks.
Love watching the content even after having a fit and several appointments with James to sort issues and purchase a new bike. Can’t recommend James enough
The ISO standard actually allows for a far lower BB height on lean angles.
The actual issue is creating a consistent size chart with respect to stack heights as a lower BB needs a shorter head tube for consistent stack. Hard to engineer a very short head tube with the taper, space for hose routing and only one fork on all sizes of Dogma.
Then make the downtube an arch? the top tube of the Dogma is archy enough
@@michaeltsui3435 wouldn't change anything with regards to the relationship between stack, reach, head tube length and bb drop.
@@davidpage6831 at least you got a steeper headtube
The BB drop is really eye opening. What an oversight
'Dani is 5'2"' so taller than Francis?
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Ouch! 😂
Is the ole' boy really that short? 🤣
💀
This was great. Welcome to the Cade Media family. Can we see your new bike when you get it?
is amazing the way that james manages to explain everything about fitting
Great content. Nice to meet Dani. Curious to see the build, hope that becomes a video. Could be cool to also see a video of you other three to understand how James manages your fits.
Get a disc-braked 28" bike and put in 27'5" or 26" wheels (or 27,5" bike with 26" wheels). Voilà: Lower bottom bracket, lower saddle to ground distance.
Or get a bike that already has 27,5 rims.
@@sempi8159 No, that is not how it works. The bottom bracket gets lower by using a wheel that is smaller than the frame was designed for. A frame designed for 27.5" wheels has the same bottom bracket height with 27.5" wheels as a comparable 28" frame with 28" wheels.
her look when he mentions custom bike!! Funny to watch!!
Francis ,fair play 👏
great video :) thx to the people who made it
Very interesting video. I need to get myself a bike fit (like, 6 years after I bought the bike 🤦
Great video, thank you James & Danni! 🙏☺️
Standert bikes has specific compact bikes, you should check them. They are really nice!
Insightful. Surely many people deviate from "ideal" size and body proportions such that an off-the-shelf frame compromises one's riding position. Now people are more aware of crank length, bar width, etc.coming into play in "non-ideal" physiognomies. It is great that there are so many custom builders out there. Still, a hard sell for a bike shop owner to such a customer who walks in expecting that a standard bike will fit 'em.
Love this!!
For those with small kids learning to ride, youll probably haveen the bottom bracket height issue too. Kid has to have saddle too low (granted rhey are super flexy) so can get power down to go/startup up hills, as otherwise they cannot stop easily without falling..
I love seeing Bike Fit Tuesday again. (although I miss 'Angry James' :-) ) This was an excellent video walking through real issues with a rider. Even as one who is the opposite kind of 'vertically challenged' I came away from it with a better understanding of the ergonomics. (please do one for stupidly tall people too)
Wow, this looks so interesting. I need to diagnose myself...
Great video showing just how good James is. 👏
Congrats on the wedding Francis and your beautiful new wife.
(Nice Speedmaster James)! 😉
This is the best effing bike video on youtube. Its so important for folk to feel comfortable and confident on a bike so they can enjoy and get better at cycling. Manufacturers need to design geometry around bike fit and sell us bikes that actually fit a human being! Thanks Francis and James, watched this from start to finish and didn't even blink!
Love this. I run into these challenges all the time with smaller clients. These folks need the most help!
BRAVO! The industry has had way too much success destroying the value of "made-to-measure" vs t-shirt sizes! Time for that pendulum to swing back IMHO. Keep it up!
That was brilliant
this is just so deep and so interesting I am in Awe. Just got my first ever Gravel and first ever bike fit and I am amazed at the differences before and after. Kudos to James for expertly clarifying the little things which are so important!
What a great fit. Hope you enjoy your riding.
Best bike fit video i've seen, before and after such a significant difference. A+ James
Since minimum stack height is essentially determined by the fork, if you lower the bottom bracket (increase drop), lowering the saddle height in space, how do you deal with the fact that you can't lower stack height to compensate? Do you end up with riders with very little, or even negative saddle to bar drop? Shorter crank lengths will certainly help with this, since you can raise the saddle, but it seems like it still will not be enough for shorter riders.
Great video, and like many I'm now intrigued about what bike Danni ends up getting. On another note, as a 185cm/6'1" tall man, it would be interesting to see a bike fit video, either here or on James's channel for someone around this height and the recommendations/advice James has for saddle height, crank length, etc.
Get some 155 cranks. Thank me later :)
Bike fit followed by custom bike build what a dutiful husband you are.😆
Fantastic before and after comparison shots. Great type of content to share for those interested in dialing in their own bike fits. (Yes I’ve been to a professional, but wish I could go see James!)
MOAR Bike Fit!
Small bike fit under 5/4 ,Thanks!!
Wait wait!! Wasn't she the lady you met in LA when you were touring through the States like a year back with the wheelchair dude?
James is an amazing bike fitter but he has a few opinions that I think are a bit interesting. The touching the floor thing. I come from the world of mountain biking. We have high bottom bracket clearance for obvious reasons. With that in mind, when my saddles are set at the correct height, I can barely touch the floor with the very tips of my toes. This is what dropper posts are for. 27.2mm droppers for road and gravel bikes are a thing for a reason. Get the bike you want. Set your saddle at the correct height and either learn how to step off of a bike correctly or get a dropper. Or preferably both.
For a road bike though you don’t need ground clearance like a mountain bike. And he is talking about riders that lack confidence which people riding over rocks on a MTB likely don’t have an issue with. I have never seen a bike fit video mention bottom bracket drop before though. Certainly an interesting thing to think about.
I wanna know what bike she ends up getting and how much Francis is going to spend on it !
what a gorgeous lady, congrats mate! Very insightful video like always 🙏🏼
Does lowering the saddle open or close the hip angle. It's mentioned that lowering the saddle impinged the hips but that's all that was said. Thx
Having shorter cranks allows you to raise the saddle. By doing this, you can open up the hip angle when your foot is in the 12 o'clock position. A longer crank means lowering the saddle so that you don't fully extend the leg when the foot is in 6 o'clock position, but this means that the hip angle is smaller in the 12 position causing impingement. I hope that helps.
Great vid, reallly enjoying getting to see the details of a bike fit between you and James' channels recent offerings.
that was actually...really informative. i was expecting to drop off a third through this video. i learned a lot watching this.
Excellent, informative video Francis, James & Danii 👏.
James is fantastic.
Damn I wish I could get a fitting as comprehensive as this.
The bit about saddles being too wide, therefore riders sit forward on the narrower part to avoid the rubbing... I've been noticing that myself and wondering if it could be the case. It's validating to hear that it's something he sees a lot.
So, custom bike building video next?
So, Dr Dani needed a shorter crank and saddle adjustments. Was a shorter/longer stem needed or a different angle? I notice that new bars were fitted to test bike. Did Dr Dani need a Narrower Bar? If a 170 Crank was fitted to bike then I am guessing a 40 or 42cm bar was also fitted and Dr Danni looked like she was a slim build so maybe 38cm bars
Welcome to the channel Daniella! Francais, if all I had to do in order to get a bike fit from James was to marry you, I would have married you years ago. Great video, please never put a filter on the amount of nerdy bike fit talk in these videos. It's some of the best chat on the platform!
Ugandan interviewer: doesn't dat make U GEH?
Why you geh ?
he is fascinating to watch work
james, you’ve mentioned sourcing narrow bars from taiwan. any suggestions for someone on a budget who’s looking for 320mm bullhorns?
Aww, she's so pretty, and she's a doctor. Congrats, you two. (I know it's been a while)
Great bike fit content, as usual.
Bike fit Tuesday on a Tuesday???? Is the world coming to the end??? 😃
Absolutely fabulous video!
Does anyone know where to get a bike fit this thorough in the Western USA? Everything around me is woefully inadequate.
I used Whole Athlete in San Anselmo, and he did many of the things seen in this video.
I know how this conversation went:
Wife: "Can do the bike fit please?"
James: "Ill do it tomorrow!"
Five years later....
Educational as always. Thank you Francis & James. @bikefitjames: as one adjusts saddle height when changing crank length is the same true for saddle setback (fore/aft)?
Is there anywhere I could get a similar service in central Texas? I can’t find anything promising when I look up bike fitting central Tx
How does one meet a gorgeous doctor who also cycles? Asking for a friend 😅
Step 1) have a successful UA-cam channel
Step 2) walk in to an American hospital with a “hurty”
@@Bikefitjames 🤣🤣🤣
@@Bikefitjames so that's what he tells everyone 🤣
looking at the AFTER photo @12:46 - her butt position looks like she is way too far back on the saddle. Is this really correct?
It's just clicked from your mates custom Sarto vid that this is your Mrs? Mate your not the elephant man or anything but you are punching there like.......chapeau!
😂looks like the before pic is much better than the after one。。。😅
Hang on ... this is a carbon copy of Proof of Sweat bikefit that exploded,same title wording and thumb.
You don’t mention wheel size in relation to bb drop (assuming bike is designed for that wheel size). Is this because small people need 700c wheels to keep up with mates? On smaller bikes that stay w 700c, doesn’t toe overlap also become an issue?
Awesome
any good recommendations for a good bike fitter in LA?
Her left leg/hip seems a bit longer. May be clip location but either way her hip is popping out on rotation.
Great one, again...
In fact I went (as many of us) through tons and years of optimization, having learnt few things on my own.. wish I would pay more attention back then and had found some material of such quality...
Few pretty common things I use to suffer on:
- as soon as you start to move around sattle / jiggle and wabble on sattle the height is very likely too high (or dramatically too low)
- bending of the knees in lower dead end, as mentioned here, shouldn't go over 145° (linked pretty strong to sattle)... however seat post angle and adjustment range of sattle plays a role here as well
- try at least once shorter cranks, this might be game changer
- acknowledge, that 80% of handlebar optimization originates actually in wrong ratio between stack and reach... so basically the frame size / shape
Daniiiiiii
Thanks Dani , Francis , and James . Do the same rules , or specs apply to a very tall person ? Be well , eh
Hi. Do you mind to share the brand (or a link) for the insoles please. I’m watching from USA. Thank you so much
If you google G8 performance insoles you’ll find them
people who 5.7 (170 cm) what ETT of your good fited bike?
You're brilliant. I have the opposite problem. I'm 6 feet tall and can't get a good fit on a Brompton.
If she has weight on hands why would you move the saddle to the front? Shouldn't she be moved back in relation to BB?
Absolutely not. If there is too much weight on your hands, the reach is too long. Saddle moves forward to take some weight off the hands.
Rule of thumb is that should be able to sit up and lift your hands from the bars with no effort.
@@jonmathias6159 that make no sense. If you move saddle forward you put more weight on the hands. You first balance body around BB, then adjust reach. I have my foreaft set back enough that i have little weight on my hands at coasting speed of 25kmh and weightless at 30kmh and above. If i put it forward there is much more weight on my hands.
@@heksogen4788Well it seems to be a choice between believing a professional bike fitter or some random on UA-cam. It's a tough one.
@@jonmathias6159 There is no body that certifies "professional bike fitter" anyone can be a bike fitter. Nevertheless, your response did not address my point which is something that is obvious to anyone who have modicum of experience riding a bicycle.
Been wondering for a while now, is it possible or practical to do a bike fit for flat pedals? Places i found in the nearby specifically state they only do it for clipless pedals and shoes.
A bike fit is a good idea for any bike you ride regularly. You can do a bike fit with flat pedals, but foot position becomes variable. That can mess with knee and ankle angles and potentially foot, leg and pelvis stability. So the fitters that say they only fit riders who use clipless probably don't want to do the extra thinking to cater for these variables. And/or they use computer and camera driven fit systems like Retul that rely very heavily on angles being within certain ranges to call the fitt 'good'. Note that angles don't dictate a successful fit. A successful fit is one that makes the rider comfortable and able to ride more and enjoy their bike.
If this was a regular customer, finding out that the solution is to spend $10,000 or more on a custom bike is its own kind of pain 😂.