all right boy for Tuesday's see ya in a while it's Wednesday viewers wanted to know about frame
geometry how do I choose the right frame geometry so answer the question you've got to really think
about what the pitfalls of choosing a biker I think most people treat frame jump free airs or
bikes are kind of the same whereas some bikes are lower at the front end longer in the reach than
than others are the moment if you we come across as we see guys riding bikes that are far too
aggressive for them consider this that you know if you've got any kind of race orientated bike you've
got to think about the fact that White's designed around a 20 year old athlete who cycles hundreds
of kilometres of a week and you know they've got high levels of strength flexibility you're
able to tolerate a certain position most consumers don't do anywhere near the same amount of mileage
but I have the same local strength flexibility you may drive from all this fun stuff equally they're
not paid to do it and then you know they're gonna buy a bike like that which is you know relatively
aggressive handle as well but it's rows addressed but then they come to me and complain while the
back holds its horses for courses you can't when you consider that people who buy bikes are
generally speaking aged 35 to 60 and sit at a desk all day you've got to be a lot more conservative
about the tops of position you put these people in people think they wore a long and low aggressive
riding position but con tolerate it we found this through pressure mapping through video
analysis through engagement with our customers that people don't like it when when we bring
the handlebars close to them bring them up it's more comfortable this is why we have the ethos of
you have a bike fit first and then you bye-bye I keep having guys coming in to me say oh yeah
we're gonna go buy a bike and they're gonna bring it to you to be fit it's completely the wrong way
around - dirt you can't understand WeatherWatch right for you unless you go through a bike fit
first that's that's a fact so you've had a bike fit done - I might have recommended a couple of
frames but you're in a new bike shop what do you want to look for you're after something with a
fairly relaxed geometry what you're gonna look for headtube right looks can be deceiving so when you
consider something like track domani for example or one of the means of increasing the space which
is the vertical distance from the center of the bottom bracket sort of had you that didn't just
increase the length of the head Shu Conservancy which not only includes the stack that I can make
much more statement so it's actually really good for a new cycle I think generally speaking my
recommendation to newer riders don't by race by there might be exotic and then my other nuts but
frankly most people are too depth enough of riding a bike in order to ride a bike like that it's like
learning to drive and then go buy a Formula One car it's the same sort of thing you just wouldn't
do it because if it were not wise for me to one car but you know what I mean you go by before
high-performance car you just wouldn't do so you need to understand actually the mechanics of
driving a car first it's kind of the same with a bike you know racing bikes not makes racing bikes
you know they're designed for racing so it kind of Lee got to kind of think about what are you
going to use the thing for are you in a racing yeah in that case by race by it's gonna be you
guys gonna be stiff it's gonna turn on the time but if you know maybe consider an insurance by
insurance bikes generally are much better suited to consumers they're more relaxed they're easier
to ride they're more stable the more comfortable generally have been tire clearance it's one thing
I would say about endurance bikes and this is kind of what leads to the the custom conversation in
here is the most endurance bikes are pretty benign they're a bit boring to write a bit
mundane because that all of us stability that I was talking about can be misconstrued as just
you know it's done and that's why a lot people like riding race place does they're like me in
this and the other when you fire boy like this this compromise this compromise on how looks how
rides or outfits the third usually being the first compromise when I say compromise I'm talking about
full spaces understand short stems and order to get the fit right all right no we're not to make
it comfortable I mean this is a pretty elitist statement but if you have to fit spaces a load of
spaces to your bike in order to make comfortable it doesn't fit you by training factors do not
design bikes with spaces underneath the stem because that's basically intended to allow you
to customize the fit of the bike think about it like this you're taking the bike outside of the
realms of wearer's and ten ways through its intended design was so the same can be said
for stems will be put in like 80 90 ml stems on you know on a big bike for example again you're
taking the contact points from outside their arms of where they were intended and that's gonna have
handling ramifications it's really really easy to make a bike fits on it's super easy you know you
push 60 millimeters them on a thing but it's not gonna ride very well is it it's a lot lot harder
to get a bike fit and to make it ride well and that's really where that's really where customer
comes in and what fits you will go around corners better simply put what if can't afford custom and
you do want to min that's relaxed what sort of like I'm very very understanding the fact that
no moment for custom I think generally speaking endurance orientated bikes tend to work a lot
as we doesn't reference earlier endurance watch tend to work a lot better than than race bikes
from from a consumer perspective I mean really at the end ER yeah they do in India which looks very
similar to this match he has way I had to yeah I think in the doctor which is called 765 Cal do a
sign apps Shrek to Marnie specialist Roubaix if you want a pointy front end the villa and
ER it has a little suspension right in the back yeah it's got an elastomer system in the back
doesn't it these bikes are getting they're so much better than they used to be own track used
to make a bike with a pilot and head chin look like this it was and he's bites were all really
really lofty but I think a lot of this stems from you know poor and outdated by fitting techniques
I mean I know I've certainly looked at a lot of bikes over the years where a lot of custom bikes
where the hedge is a really really tall but that has come about as a result of satellites being
too high which pitches the rider in to the front of the bike so the filler would bring the front
end up you know there's a means of alleviating that I actually find myself lowering people as
much as I do raising them at the front and so you know I can't stress how important getting a
fit is first it you've got to do a bike fit first and then buy a bike use that as a means of taking
the guesswork out of the equation rather than just simply going oh there's that Canyon I like
look a bit you're going to buy half of which go back after they've been fitted here because
you know they're super long super like this is it my go bike fit anyone my try Pearson's