Cycling Demystified - Bike Fit, Mechanics and Soft Issues

Welcome to the 12 Days of Bike Fit: Day 3 - Ride Outside - Colin Norris Related episodes : Ep 11: Try-Harder: The Reality Of A Professional Triathlete With Colin Norris Ep 39: Five Easy Bike Fit Strategies To Help You Run Fast: A Triathlon Masterclass APB | Triathlon & Running Coaching For All 2024 has been an amazing year for the podcast and as we near the end of the year we wanted to create...

Welcome to the 12 Days of Bike Fit: Day 2 - Forces Within Fitting - John Higgins Related episodes: ⁠ Ep 76: The Use of Body Patterns in Bike Fitting, with John Higgins Ep 57: A Eurobike Special - Redefining Custom Shoes & Lessons From a Bikefitr Ep 44: The Ten Pillars of Bike Fit - Part 7 of 10: Weight Distribution, The Key To Unlocking Your Bike Fit https://fitkitsystems.com/ 2024 has been an...

Welcome to the 12 Days of Bike Fit: Day 1 - Reflection With Gillian Corke Past episodes with Gillian: Ep 62: Teaching The Hidden Skills To Top Bike Fitters For Meaningful Results - An Interview With Gillian Corke Ep 15: Emotional Intelligence - The Hidden Side Of Bike Fitting With Gillian Corke⁠ ⁠Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs ⁠ ⁠Find Gillian @ Contact Point⁠ ⁠ Find Gillian @ GCPD Trainer⁠ ⁠ Torke Cy...

One of the reasons why I started this podcast was to be able to speak to other bike fitters and find out what keeps them motivated, what keeps them turning up every day and what informs their critical decision making. Today we've got a great conversation with bike fitter James Roberts from ⁠Fit2Ride, ⁠ which is full of gems, in fact it was so full of the good stuff we've split it into two episodes...

One of the reasons why I started this podcast was to be able to speak to other bike fitters and find out what keeps them motivated, what keeps them turning up every day and what informs their critical decision making. Today we've got a great conversation with bike fitter James Roberts from Fit2Ride, which is full of gems, in fact it was so full of the good stuff we've split it into two epsiodes! I...

Want to know what it feels like to get a bike fit? This week young Matt gets a bike fit from Mat the bike fitter. Wei takes the opportunity to quiz them both on their bike fit experience to give you an insight into how it feels to be on the receiving end of a fit and what the thought processes are from the perspective of a fitter. More specifically, how could a bike fit help young Matt resolve his...

As a podcast listener, this will be particularly relevant for you... Do you know what sound your bike fit makes? What can this tell you about your bike position? Tap into the free and easy tool that every rider can use to assess and test their bike position... Mat and Wei provide a bike fitting case study so that you can learn the technique of using audio cues to gauge your position, understand wh...

Welcome back to the podcast! This week, after Mat receives some unfounded resistance from a bike shop, the team discusses why we feel it is so important we are an independent and impartial bike fit studio especially when it comes to giving advice to riders when they are buying a new bike. Would it surprise you to hear that bike fitters and bike shops often find it hard to help each other out? Or s...

It's a buyers market right now, and with many brands currently reducing their inventory at the end of the year and Black Friday looming, how can you make an informed decision in the face of endless "bargains". The team discuss the best ways to get the bike you REALLY want without risking a regrettable impulse buy. We also discuss why your consumer choice is more limited than ever. Stick with us ti...

As always, you can never predict what happens at Kona... This year, former Olympic and World Champion, Norwegian triathlete, Kristian Blummenfelt turned up to Kona with much a hyped, "brand new" superman aero bike position. He then proceeded to projectile vomit multiple times on the bike course, scuppering his chances of taking another World Championship title. His compatriot and training partner,...

This week we interview another well established bike fitter / physio, Bryan from The Bike The Body, to explore the subject of how to help riders with hypermobility find a great bike fit. Are you even aware if you have hypermobility? And why does it matter? And how does hypermobility affect my bike riding specifically? If you want to know the answers to these questions, plus get actionable advice,...

This week we conclude our discussion about Ultra Distance Preparation with coach Sam from Acier.cc and Lee from Peak Bike Fitting. We start by covering specific bike fit considerations and when to change your bike fit, how fuel can be an emotional tool you can employ and of course what our favourite ride snacks are! So if you've signed up to a Ultra event or you're keen to figure out if this is fo...

This week we are bringing you a 1st part of an 2 part discussion with Sam from Acier.cc and Lee from Peak Bike Fitting, all about how to prepare for an ultra distance event. Our discussion itself went a bit ultra distance, so we decided to split it into two parts - The first dives into preparing your mindset tool kit. Understanding your real motivations to aid decision making and why the ultra dis...

This week's podcast discusses everything you need to know flat pedals vs. clipless (clip-in?!?) pedals. Why do mountain bikers prefer flat pedals? Could roadies gain an advantage by riding flats? And why are clip-in pedals called "Clipless"? Finally we couldn't talk about pedals without talking about shoes... so if you're interested in why a Last is called Last and want to know which should you pr...

This week we have another interview with a physio bike fitter, Nicole Oh, who is a very distinguished road racer, Having stood on multiple podiums and ridden the Tour Down Under. I really wanted to get Nic on to give us her expertise on the effect cycling has on our bone health, our performance and the energy deficiency traps that we commonly and inadvertently fall into. Nic talks to us about her...

What is a clinical bike fit? And is there any difference between this and a regular bike fit? To answer this question I've sought out the help of bike fitter and physio, owner of UK Bike Fit, Dan Smith. We get into an interesting discussion about the science of pain... The underlying truth about micro-adjusters and macro absorbers... Whether it's normal or not that things will feel strange...

Today's episode is all about pattern recognition in bike fitting and although this tends to fly under the radar, pattern recognition is essentially the basis for AI, motion capture systems like Retul and actually how human bike fitters assess riders with their eye. In fact humans are built to be extremely good at pattern recognition and you are doing this every minute of the day, even if you d...

Are you in the market for a new bike? Even if you are an experienced cyclist and have a comfortable position, how will you translate this over to a new bike? Especially if it is a bike for a different purpose e.g. mtb vs. gravel or road vs TT bike... Well, there's one clear way you can eliminate the doubt, stop guessing and potentially throwing away thousands of your hard earned pounds... make...

What does the Leadville MTB race, Magnus Ditlev, Jeremy Clarkson and white cycling shoes all have in common? They're all connected to the rise of silly trends we've been spotting in cycling recently. A bit of a tongue-in-cheek episode which starts with Matt getting very offended by the emergence of 37cm drop handlebars on a mountain bike winning Leadville 100... We also delve into some wil...

Today we are talking about some of the amazing bike racing, road racing that we've been seeing this season. Overall it's been one of the best years of bike racing that we have seen for a long, long time. As bike fitters we're constantly evaluating and analysing the ever evolving pro peloton, so we wanted to share some of the trends that we have spotted and how you can make use of this...

Did you know there are at least 7 distinct sizing variables that you should be considering when choosing your drop handlebars? This is a really packed episode where the team discuss all aspects of handlebars... including the biomechanical considerations of drop bars vs flat bars, how our shoulder stability can affect the effectiveness of our pedalling, why every bike fitter has an ever growing pil...

Ev drags Matt into a new dawn by waxing his chain without his permission... with unexpected consequences... find out what happened and how waxing your chain could be the next big consideration to make your cycling life just a little easier... and faster... and cleaner... Get in touch with Ev at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.frequencycycleworks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for all you chai...

Welcome to the pod and I am particularly excited about sharing this episode because it is all about mountain biking, which is secretly my favourite discipline on two wheels! We managed to convince John Wild from Pedalling perfection to come all the way from Bristol to join us in the studio to talk all things mountain bike fitting and we get straight into it - do we even need a bike fit if we ride...

We hope you've enjoyed this mini foot / shoe optimisation series. Wei has one final important message for all riders looking to improve their connection with their bike and have been considering or are currently exploring the foot optimisation tools we've been discussing... If you're not doing this one thing, then you are putting off the inevitable and only looking at the short term ga...

The fourth and final part of our mini series on foot & shoe optimisation. Our aim is to explore some of the finer details of bike fit to help you find the next level of connection with your bike! In this episode we explore the world of wedging... how can a couple of millimetres of plastic have such a profound effect on our connection with the bike?!? Listen in to find out why wedging is a thin...