Bike Fit

This is a heavily revised version of an article I wrote for Bicycling Australia magazine in 2006 SHOULD CRANK LENGTH BE PROPORTIONAL TO LEG LENGTH? The issue of ideal crank length for a given rider and intended usage is a…

How to determine how far back a rider should have their seat on a road bike? If you have a look at a lot of cycling related literature, time and again the answer given is what our American friends call…

The original post can be found here. One of our readers, Bill left a comment asking for footage of the prime visual cue for over extension of the legs. In other words, how to tell when the seat height is…

An addendum to this post is available here. I was asked a while back for a post about pedals.  To cut to the chase; rather than write a critique of available pedal systems, it is easier to recommend the best…

Firstly, the pic above has nothing to do with this post, it is just a pic of a rider I know, Ben Dyball, during the Mt Hotham stage of the Tour of Bright. Ben won the stage. The pic was…