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Positional problems

“Why am I uncomfortable on my bike?” Do you have occasion to ask this? We endeavor to find the answer in our series on the subject. Our first installment focused on contact points. This is the second and final installment.

by Slowman, July 15, 2008

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Slowtwitch debuts Geometry Calculator

The F.I.S.T. tri bike geometry calculator is open for beta testing. Your fitter plunks numbers into our online engine and, poof, your custom bike geometry!

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A bike fitting first: Angular head pin on an X/Y fit bike

Exit Cycling finished work on an angular head pin for its X/Y adjustable fit bike. This makes Exit Cycling, the fit bike maker owned by popular custom bike builder Ves Mandaric, a one-of-a-kind machine.

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The Bike from the bars back—finale

Road testing the 3T Ventus aero bar properly required a bit of trigonometry, a dash of ingenuity, and smidge of creativity, some nerve, and a credit card with room on it.

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Finding the right bike from the bars back

There are some very sexy integrated aero bars on the market right now. Profile Design's Carbon X. 3T's Ventus. Visiontech's Trimax. All these feature integrated stems. How does one divine what frame fits these bars?

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Frame sizing problems, Part II: Let’s look at the numbers

Are numerical sizing schemes more accurate than T-shirt sizes? Yes, but only marginally.

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Frame sizing problems, Part I: Beware of T-shirt nomenclature

Thinking about getting a Scott Plasma? How about a Specialized Transition S Works? What size bike is your best fit? Would it surprise you to know that one in size M fits precisely the same size as the other in size L?

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Fudging for negative reach

Tri bike fitters using the F.I.S.T. system often find they need a size bigger bike for their customers versus what the fit session indicates. Here's why.

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F.I.S.T. Protocol

This third article in our series on tri bike fit lays out the fitting protocol.

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Cockpit length

This article describes how we find a rider's proper cockpit length.

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Seat height

This is article number five out of eleven describing our F.I.S.T. Tri bike fit process.

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Armrest drop

This article exists as part of a series of eleven on tri bike fit, and describes the proper armrest drop for a triathlete; how to measure it; how to determine it.

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Hip angle

This description of how to determine the proper tri bike riding hip angle is part of a process in which we describe the F.I.S.T. tri bike fitting process.