Our Services

Bike Fitting

• Bike fittings are done either on an adjustable size-cycle or your current bike
• Bike fittings are included as an integral part of all new bike sales here at Bespoke
• We also do bike fittings for riders with existing bikes that want to optimize their position
• The cost is £200 for a fitting
• This is fully refunded on all bike purchases over £2500 (bought within 3 months of the fit)
• A 50% fitting credit will be applied to all bike purchases below £2500
• A fitting for 2 bikes (ie a road and a Tri bike) is £300
• A bike fitting takes c 2hrs - please bring cycling gear and shoes
• We strongly encourage follow-up fits to reflect the changes the body naturally makes over time
• These are offered at the discounted rate of £75 for a 1 hr follow-up

We are very proud of our involvement in the big push towards mainstream acceptance of bike fitting

We simply cannot imagine buying a bike without getting a professional bike fitting as part of the buying process.

We feel that the investment you make in a bike fitting is probably the single best improvement you can make in your cycling efficiency, comfort, performance and ultimately enjoyment

Why get a bike fitting

Interested in increasing your efficiency, performance, comfort and reduce the chance of injury? Read on!

Far too often shops try to force round pegs into square holes and as such its the rider who is expected to accommodate the bike. The whole point of bike fitting is to flip that on its head - we get the bike to fit you.....

To do that we need to understand you, your body, your cycling history and your cycling goals.

We also understand that the body does not exist in a vacuum - its a dynamic thing and you will gain and/or lose weight, fitness, core strength and flexibility over time.

So a bike fitting needs to understand that your position may also evolve over time.

The fitting process

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We first start with an interview, during which we will go over your cycling history and your future cycling aspirations. By doing this, we will discover if you have any injuries or physical limitations that may currently inhibit your cycling performance.

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We will then measure you and take note of how your body is proportioned - for instance, have you got long femurs in relation to your torso?

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We will then do some exercises to discover your core strength and flexibility/range of motion. By doing the exercises we will be able to better align your body when on the bike, and help increase cycling efficiency. We will also recommend exercises to help you to increase your flexibility and core strength.

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Your cleat/pedal interface is of vital importance. Through this small area of your body, all your power is transferred. By understanding the dynamics of your foot and leg biomechanics, we can stabilize your feet and legs for greater power, comfort and injury prevention. If required we can suggest custom Sidas insoles to better support the foot.

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Then we go to the heart of the session - the fitting itself. We either do the fitting on an adjustable size cycle or your current bike. We will digitally capture the bike's current position (contact points) and then also capture your body angles in this current position. We then begin the process of position optimization and make the required changes to improve your cycling position. At every stage of the process the Retui 3D system is displaying your body angles in real-time. So the fitting is very much a case of art (the human eye and experience) with science (cutting edge 3D motion catpure software). At the end of the session when we happy we have optimized your position on the bike we will digitally capture the bike again. We know have a permanent record of your 'ideal' position on the bike. Comparing the before and after positions often makes very interesting reading!

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If If you are doing the bike fit as part of a new bike purchase we will review all the options with you and discuss how the characteristics of the various frames and components that you are considering would compliment your contact points, riding style and cycling aspirations. So it may be that Brand 'B' will give us the most flexibility to best achieve your ideal contact points. And to us thats far better than simply buying Brand A because its a nice colour, or because a certain pro rides it.......

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If you are using the fitting to optimize your current bike we will go through changes we have made and the best way to achieve these changes - so it could mean a change of bar width/shape, stem length/angle, saddle or seatpost layback.

The fitting system we use

We are very proud of our association with Retul and we were the first fitting studio in Europe to use this cutting edge 3D motion capture system

Retül is a state-of-the-art motion capture system designed specifically for collecting the most accurate and realistic data for bike fit technicians. By gathering data from key eight anatomical points in the cyclist's riding position, fitters are able to profile existing (before) and ideal (after) angles for their client's custom needs, which could be to gain more efficiency and performance, more comfort or maybe to fit the customer around an injury.

The passive data collection devices still used by many fitters today, such as a tape measure and plumb bob, are outdated and less accurate because they are subject to human error. Fitting with the Retul system however, provides sub-millimeter accurate data that is organized into an easy-to-read report both for the certified fit-specialist.

Retül, however, allows the bike fit expert to capture 100% objective data in a dynamic state and evaluate multiple viewpoints (3-D) simultaneously while the rider is pedaling. This system requires only a PC and +/- 100 square feet of space for line of sight requirements but can easily be packed away for conserving space or taking the system with you.

Retül optimizes the biomechanics of the rider while taking into consideration why people choose to get a bike fit:

• Performance
• Comfort
• Injury prevention

The process is very simple: we attach 8 LED markers onto the athlete's body that get placed in key anatomical locations. The active system flashes each LED discreetly as the infrared light travels from the LEDs on the body points to the sensor on the tripod. The sensor then triangulates the position of the LED in 3D space. The system can track these points to within a millimetre of true position under different workloads. (i.e. biomechanical position changes significantly between an athlete spinning lightly and a hard effort.).

This is what makes this system so unique... and why pro athletes, coaches, and leading cycling scientists are flocking to get their hands on Retul. No other system can measure moving body angles this accurately and spit it into a bike fit specific report.

The system flashes an LED every 2.1 milliseconds. That's 476 times per second and the system takes a full set of body measurements every 34 milliseconds (29 full sets of body data per second) So we can get a real time view of the rider's position and pedaling action at different workloads.

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