Here is the latest tool in the bike fitter’s toolbox: an affordable, real time, 2D, unbuggy motion capture system.

There is geometric orthodoxy among tri bikes frames. But not among their aerobars.

Loved the new position… comfortable all day… able to hold and or exceed target power… [a] bit higher cadence… [will] move to 165mm.

I’m going to talk about the most important and underappreciated metric in bike fitting. It’s the metric too many fitters ignore during a fit session.

Looking at photos of Gail Gottfried’s bike position reminds one of the “Descent of Man” posters. Here are the pics and the story.

Equal prize money, equal Kona slots, equal access. But equality in technical access? Not even close, and both genders are to blame.

Pics are Timothy Carlson’s, comments on bike positions are Dan Empfield’s

How hard is it for AGers, some of them MOPers, to ride positions that all appear pretty normal? Even elite-worthy? You decide.

A great, Kona-winning tri bike not as popular with consumers as with pros. Why? The lack of a pathway to purchase? That objection is now gone.

Here are some examples of the Express Fits in San Diego and Dallas (this past weekend) as a guide to what Bay Area folks can expect this weekend.

Without question, the unofficial motto of the Slowtwitch forums is, “Your seat’s too high.” While this has become a bit of an inside joke, there’s a fundamental truth in this quip that’s worth discussing further.

Here are images from a F.I.S.T. Bike Fit Workshop just concluded, along with a description of just what goes on here.