Sharing a great article on Triathlete.com about avoiding cycling injuries. We particularly like #4 that states “Assuming that a professional bike fit has been done, keep well-documented measurements of saddle height and fore/aft position. Always check measurements when traveling with the bike and after a bike crash.” Well, maybe not the part about a crash, [...]
$100 Offer for Best Buddies Hyannisport 2012 Riders
We are getting ready to ride in this year’s Best Buddies Hyannisport Challenge. To help our fellow participants prepare we’re offering $100 to Hyannisport riders who schedule a dynamic bike fit with us before June 1, 2012. Here’s how it works – when you schedule your fitting appointment with us, mention that you will be [...]
Collin Schmitt: Local Bike and Build Rider
Fit To Ride is helping a local young man with his Cross Country Cycling Trip with the Non-Profit Organization Bike & Build. We recently were introduced to a local young man looking for help preparing for his cross country cycling trip with the non-profit organization Bike and Build. After meeting Collin Schmitt and learning about [...]
Fit Bit: Wrist Comfort
The position of your handlebars and shift hoods should be comfortable for your wrists. Seated on your road bike with hands on the hoods your wrists should be in a neutral position. Overly extending or closing the wrist angle will put excessive stress and strain on the ligaments and tendons in your wrist, potentially leading [...]
Special Order For You
We are always glad to help you select and special order parts and accessories. Now we can get most parts in two days without expedited shipping. Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) is a major distributor of bicycle parts and accessories in the US – you can see their selection in the online catalog. We get most [...]
Fit Bit: Tri Crank Arms
Triathletes should use a crank arm length that is 2.5 – 5 mm shorter than their road bike crank. The shorter crank will require increasing the saddle height (with respect to bottom bracket) in order to maintain the same leg extension at the bottom of the pedal stroke. Raising the saddle along with the shorter [...]
Cobb Saddles: Speed + Comfort + Guarantee
Fit To Ride is excited to be a Cobb Cycling dealer and it is because they offer a great product with a guarantee. Cobb’s innovative designs are developing quite a following in the tri and mountain saddle markets. Cobb is putting forward new options for folks who haven’t been able to get comfortable on traditional [...]
ISM Saddles now at the shop
We’ve added ISM (Ideal Saddle Modification) saddles to our large selection of test ride saddles from Selle Italia, fi’zi:k, WTB, Terry and others. We were intrigued by their unique design and had to get our hands on some to experiment. We just received our test ride saddles from ISM including models suitable for road racing, [...]
Jamie is F.I.S.T Certified
Our own Jamie Pelletier attended a F.I.S.T. (Fit Institute Slow Twitch) Triathlon Fit workshop in California this month. The training workshop was an opportunity for Jamie to demo new fit tools and learn more about tri-specific methods of fitting. F.I.S.T. is designed to teach fitting professionals how to properly fit a triathlete for their triathlon [...]
Join our Turkey Day Road Ride
We will be setting out on the inaugural FTR Turkey Day Road Ride — Thursday, November 24 at 8:00am. Jamie will be leading the ride of about 1.5-2 hours. Enough to warm up the stomach for the day’s main event. Reply to our facebook event to let us know we can expect you. Happy Turkey [...]
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