Bike Fit 2nd Edition: Optimise Your Bike Position for High Performance and Injury Avoidance

by Phil Burt, Chris Hoy (Foreword), Chris Boardman (Foreword)

The must read, fully updated guide to Bike Fit.

Burning thighs and lungs aside, cycling shouldn't be a painful or uncomfortable experience. If you suffer from numb hands, hot-spots on your feet, back pain or saddle discomfort when you're riding, chances are something isn't right with your bike set-up, your body or how they interact.

But not all cyclists can afford a professional bike fit. This accessible manual contains all the information you need to find your perfect cycling position, revealed by one of the world's leading authorities on Bike Fit.

This updated edition includes added material
- why almost all cyclists would benefit from shorter cranks
- an in-depth look at saddle health, with special attention and advice for female cyclists
- watt-saving advice for time trialists and triathletes
- how to make indoor cycling more tolerable.

Let Phil Burt guide you through your own Bike Fit, to ensure your bike and body work in harmony.

Genres: Cycling, Bicycles

201 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 14, 2022

Reviews

[Luciano Elementi · Rating 5 out of 5]

For all the bikers, this is from an expert!
It does not indulge in unimportant details, it is clear, explanatory, and with many filling photos: all cool.
It is good to read for the non-competitive, the general interest and gives you the reason and the depth of the (surely) needed adjustment we have to make to our posture.
It'll make our rides smoother, and more fun, I'd say saving many troubles to our bodies...
We ride more, we look forward to it more. We save by applying the professional, and well-thought-out, techniques listed by Phil, thank you, -

[Jon Siegrist · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome!

I’m a somewhat functional multi discipline rider, but I struggle from time to time with soreness after long days or intense race efforts. This book has a lot of good information in it that I’ve never heard explained by so called internet “experts” or YouTube influencers. The TT and Tri information was particularly helpful as was the section on indoor vs outdoor set up. Well worth the cost. I’m currently re-reading it and going to purchase the strength and conditioning book by the same author.

[Stéphanie Amesse · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book purports to bridge the gap between information available on YouTube and various other online sources, much of which is nonsense, and getting a professional bike fit. I don’t think it does that. There is a lot of interesting information on biomechanics, but nothing world-altering that I hadn’t read or seen. If you don’t already have enough knowledge and experience to tell worthwhile information from nonsense online, I don’t think this book will be particularly useful to you. Get a professional bike fit.

[Andrzej · Rating 4 out of 5]

a really good intro to bike fitting with some practical hints. as a newbie, it lacked though some kind of step by step protocol to start practicing with something tangible. it still gives you a good idea how to approach bike fitting. and also kinda proves, it is not real science, more like some voodoo mixed with sweat, pain, subjective feeling and spiced up with a bit of biomechanics.

[LOU Xun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative read, will for sure reference it again once I'm back home on my bike!