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The Bike Fit Academy

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A FREE space for Bike Fit advice led by Pro Bike Fitters. Post videos of your Bike Fit, join educational webinars, and discuss with other riders 🚴

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29 contributions to The Bike Fit Academy
🎥 First Bike Fit Academy Webinar ✅ - thank you!
Brilliant to see so many of you join the first Bike Fit Academy webinar 🙌 Really appreciate the engagement, questions, and follow-up conversations. The goal of this session was to zoom out and look at why bike fit problems keep coming back, and why random tweaks rarely fix them, and the discussion afterwards shows just how relevant that is. If you’ve watched it: - What was your biggest takeaway? - Did anything shift how you think about your own fit? - What else would you like us to dive into? The recording will be available from tomorrow morning for a limited time, before moving into the Bike Fit Academy webinar library, so catch it while it’s there. Thanks again for being part of this - this is exactly the energy and thinking we hoped to create here 🚴‍♂️
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@Chris O'Connell Thanks Chris, I have to use two screens, but I'll try to reorganise everything for next time so I'm facing the camera 👍
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Thanks for all the feedback folks! Hope too see you all next Friday 👍
🔥 Bike Fit Masterclass - Friday 20th Feb 🔥
This one is a big one... If you’ve ever thought: “Something feels off… but I don’t actually know what it is.” This session is for you. On Friday 20th Feb, we’re diving into: How to Tell What’s Actually Wrong With Your Bike Fit Not guesswork. Not random tweaks. Not “try raising it 5mm.” You’ll learn: - What to observe before changing anything - Why adjusting too early makes things worse - How to separate real signals from noise - When doing nothing is actually the smartest move This is the session that stops you chasing problems and starts you understanding them. Head to the "Calendar" tab to find the Webinar. 🗓 Friday 20th Feb ⏰ 4pm GMT See you there!
Frontal Knee Pain.
Hi All, I have changed from 172.5mm to 165mm on my road bike, I have kept the same distance from the bottom of the pedal to the top of the saddle and moved the saddle back about 3mm, but I keep on getting pain in the front of both my knees. Tried to move saddle up a bit but then I start rocking on the saddle. Please help.. What am I missing here? Regards Marius
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Hi Marius, One thing to be careful of here is assuming that matching a single measurement (like bottom of pedal to top of saddle) means the functional position has stayed the same. Shorter cranks change more than just leg extension, they can alter how load is shared across the stroke and how the knee behaves under effort. Before trying to solve it, it’d be useful to understand a bit more: - When does the front-of-knee pain show up, early or only after time? - Is it more noticeable at certain intensities or cadences? - Did anything else change around the same time (training load, terrain, indoor vs outdoor)? Interested to hear how others here think about managing the transition to shorter cranks, and what they’ve found takes time to settle versus needing intervention. Good example of where the process matters as much as the numbers.
Matching crank length from road bike to turbo
Currently using 172.5m on the road bike which I have been fitted on. Zwift ride has 170mm cranks. Any benefit to matching the road length or could the same result be achieved adjusting other areas?
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@Jason Hurst Thanks Jason!
Right Knee
Hi all, I was hoping someone could shed some light on what’s occurring here. My cleats are all the way rearward and all the way inward increasing stance width. But my right knee appears to collapse inward causing hamstring pain. Hope the photos are okay. Thanks in advance!!
Right Knee
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Thanks for sharing this Josh. What’s worth being careful of here is assuming that a knee moving inward is always being caused by the something on the bike/shoe. Cleat setback and stance width change the environment, but they don’t necessarily explain why the knee chooses that path under load. Perhaps the knee moving inwards is a normal biomechanical pattern for you and your body? Is asymmetry always bad? Should everyone's bodies always move in straight lines? Are you only noticing this knee pattern now, and has it been going on for many years pain free? Hope that gives some food for thought!
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Professional Bike Fitter at UK Bike Fit. Founder of The Bike Fit Academy.

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