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I was discussing the frame geometry with a leading trainer last week and his perspective on the frame geometry has struck a chord with me, so I wanted to share with you this. The nature of my business KGS Bikes is to provide a data set of assembly which is so accurate that I can build a bike from a drawing of a ship halfway around the world by bike to a customer, I met him once and be sure that the bike fit perfectly with only a few millimeters seat height adjustment possible due to the density of the foam on the seat!

I had been riding "frame geometry of stock" for decades and the opportunities created by the combination of a mounting system and unlimited customized real geometry did not exist for me, and therefore you, until recently. The time honored principles of the knee on the pedal spindle (KOPS), the method Lemond standover height, seat height height equal to the hip while standing beside the bike and scads of other techniques have been developed to assist people to choose a bike size that would work for them.

We need to look a little history, because bicycles were made quite differently in the 1970s and before they are today. The '70s were a time when road bike has a very different geometry, with angles of siege in the range 71-72 degrees. In addition, these bikes were built in half sizes and therefore had no fewer than 12 sizes for a model! bikes today have between 3 and 5 sizes and more people are forced to "fit" a bike that will be far from perfect.

Road bikes archetype in the 70s was the Raleigh professional team that was without doubt one of the best racing bikes and the most comfortable ever made. At that time there were two schools of the race as well, a European style which focused on more rides and races, including the mountains. An American style developed both by focusing on the race Criterion; shorter races closed circuit with many turns and sprints. The U.S. bicycle manufacturers began producing bikes with 73-74 degree seat angle and seat back much less with the logic that our races are shorter and there is no need for a comfortable 125cc mile if we were 50 mile race.

This type of race bike's geometry has become popular as the Americans liked the more aggressive stance and young riders who work in bike shops could sell these bikes. We are now at a time when most bikes are still designed Nice for young professional racers, but they are bought by people who have completed more than 40. I saw my change of position on the bike since I was able to use my bike configuration experience. I found the bar really needs to be higher and the saddle should be more on the back to get the right balance point.

I also found that as I got older (and had wounds on the way) that my tolerance for more aggressive geometry was possible. People who came to my studio tend to be people who did not successfully be fitted in other bike shops, I was most difficult cases on a daily basis. I've seen people more who could not get comfortable on their bikes in stock and even had to leave the editing system WobbleNaught respected because it linked the individual to an existing bike.

The bike facility began to show me that when we were really in the balance than a lot of good things started happening. First, the problems of small saddle and has completely disappeared for most people. Second, low back pain is gone. Thirdly, numbness of the hand has been decreased. In addition the ability of people to drive longer distances and improved dramatically, their power and effectiveness improved so they were faster. There was only one problem. The positions that I discovered proved to be very close to the driving position of the people had on the old Raleigh Team Pro! It seems that what is old is new again.

It is a long fierce battle to convince manufacturers to build production frames of the bikes that "big people" can rise.