7 Ways Your Bike DOESN'T Fit & How To Solve Them For FAST & Comfortable Riding

road.cc March 11, 2025
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Get faster and more comfortable on your bike! Your bike fit will make a bigger difference to your cycling than all manner of expensive bike upgrades. Here's 7 ways that your bike might not fit you as good as it could, how to solve these often overlooked bike fit problems and why you need to be looking at more than just your bikes frame size. In this video Luke Craddock of Synergy Performance bike fitting talks us through 7 areas how your road bike or gravel bike might not fit including saddle height, bar width, stack height, crank length and more... For more bike fit content check out the videos below and let us know in the comments any of your bike fit tips! ⚫️ Other videos that might interest you The 10 Most Common Bike Fit Mistakes - THIS Could Be Why You're UNCOMFORTABLE On The Bike! 🎦 https://youtu.be/2dsTVxwgqwI 10 Things To Copy Off Tour de France Pros To Make You FASTER & More Comfortable on The Bike 🎦 https://youtu.be/xPiWRm4MFek 2024 Giant Defy vs Canyon Endurace vs Lauf Uthald - Which Road Bike Is The Ultimate Mile Muncher? 🎦 https://youtu.be/mRxfyJOskBQ 11 Bike Fit Tips To Make You FASTER & More Comfortable On The Bike 🎦 https://youtu.be/EwMHp38Uugs Endurance Bike vs Road Bike Speed Test | Which Is FASTER In The REAL World? 🎦 https://youtu.be/Ud1UREHTUGs ⚫️ In this video 0:00 Intro 0:52 Reach too long 2:08 Stack Height 3:42 Bar Width 5:03 Saddle Height 6:36 BKool 7:24 Q-Factor 9:26 Crank Length 10:59 Brake Lever Reach 12:20 Outro ⚫️ Check out our other channels On the Web ▶️ https://road.cc Instagram ▶️ https://www.instagram.com/road.cc Twitter ▶️ https://twitter.com/roadcc Facebook ▶️ https://www.facebook.com/roadcc/​​ Podcast ▶️ https://road.cc/tags/podcast