Bike Fit

Are you experiencing discomfort or fatigue while cycling? A professional bike fit from a physiotherapist can transform your riding experience!

Why Choose a Physiotherapist for Your Bike Fit?

Expert Knowledge of Body Mechanics
We understand how your body moves and can analyse your posture to ensure optimal positioning on your bike.

Injury Prevention
A tailored bike fit helps reduce the risk of common cycling injuries, allowing you to ride longer and stronger without pain.

Enhanced Performance
By optimising your bike setup, you’ll improve your efficiency, speed, and overall performance on the road or trail.

Personalised Approach
Every cyclist is unique! We will create a customized fit plan that considers your specific needs, goals, and riding style.

Holistic Care
With a focus on both bike fitting and your physical well-being, we can address any muscle imbalances or weaknesses that may affect your cycling.

Take Your Cycling to the Next Level!

Book your bike fit with a physiotherapist today and enjoy a more comfortable, efficient, and enjoyable ride.

A bicycle is a symmetrical apparatus but humans’ function with varying degrees of asymmetry. Asymmetry causes patterns of compensation.  A bike fit identifies asymmetries that can cause issues to the rider over the long term and aims to correct or compensate for them.  We aim to adapt the bike set up to produce functional symmetry.  You will also be offered advice on reducing your muscular asymmetries.

COMFORT + EFFICIENCY = PERFORMANCE

We have x2 options

Standard Bike Fit.  

This is simply getting you in the best position on the bike.  It may be for those completely new to cycling particularly road biking or those who simply want their position looking at and reviewing with a expert pair of eyes as setting yourself up on a bike can be tricky guesswork.

Advanced Bike Fit

This is a progression from the standard bike fit and is for those who have been riding for a while who may be having issues or are training for a specific event. You may be wanting to be more aero for a Time trial or seeking the best position for comfort and performance.  You may have a specific issue most commonly back pain, neck pain, saddle pain, knee alignment, foot cleat interface.   This session typically involves a lot of getting on and off the bike for areas to be modified and retested.  We will provide a PDF of the changes and relevant measurements.

Session overview

We start the session with an in-depth discussion with you about your riding: your goals, how many hours a week you ride and any problems you are having.

We follow this with taking a look at you on bike your using a turbo trainer

Next we work with you on your bike in a stationary trainer to get the following correct:

  • saddle height
  • cleat position
  • knee alignement
  • saddle tilt
  • saddle fore/aft
  • reach (stem length)
  • saddle to handlebar drop
  • handlebar tilt
  • lever positioning (and positioning of any aerobars)

If your bike is unfortunately the wrong size, which does happen we will inform you and we will not charge you.  However that is an extreme circumstance and most bikes can be altered to the rider to compensate even if one size too large or small.Fitting a human to a bike is a continual process rather than a single intervention.  Postures change over time, people get injured which can affect alignment and people get fitter/un-fitter which effects positions that be tolerated.  Therefore we do recommend a review at around 8-12 weeks post fitting..

General information

Please bring your bike, bike shoes (should be nice & stiff & well fitting), a drink and cycling kit (tight fitting and in shorts please as we need to see your knees).  Ideally, remove any non essentials form the bike.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why have a Bike Fit?

Every cyclist, from beginners to road cyclists to mountain bikers, would benefit from a professional, custom Bike Fit.

A proper Bike Fit delivers a range of powerful performance and health benefits. As well as making your ride a great deal more comfortable, ensuring the correct bike set-up prevents jarring of your joints and muscles which can lead to injury. It also ensures the bike is aligned to your body measurements, shape and flexibility, boosting your pedalling efficiency and allowing you to push power to where it’s needed most. Furthermore, as your body no longer needs to expend energy adjusting and compensating for an improper fit, you can ride for longer without feeling fatigued.

Will a Bike Fit make me go faster?

If you can ride for longer, more economically, in comfort, these marginal gains can only help enhance your performance.

Following a Bike Fit many of our clients report positive changes, from bettering their top speed, to enjoying a smoother, more streamlined ride.

What do I need to bring?

It’s important to bring the cycling shoes and cycling shorts you usually wear. It’s also best to wear a short sleeve top as our technician will need to see your posture and position on the bike. Please wear tight fitting clothing as this aids in measuring correctly.

How long will the Bike Fit take?

We suggest allowing up to two hours. In some cases, it may be much quicker but it’s advisable to block out three. A Bike Fit takes time because, as well as implementing and testing the effectiveness of any changes, we need to find out about your cycling routine, your anatomy and any injuries or discomfort you have. This helps us to understand your unique bio-mechanics and pinpoint where changes to your bike set-up will have the most impact.