How To Transfer Your Bike Fit The RIGHT Way

How to transfer our bike position, or bike fit, from one bike to another. Professional bike fitter Dan Smith reveals his simple 4 step process for translating a bike bit or position from one bike to another. This works from your road or gravel bike to other road or gravel bikes.
All you have to do is follow these 4 simple steps to transfer your bike fit/position from one bike to another.
Big thanks to Dan for dropping this wisdom. If you fancy a professional bike fit with him, hit the link below:
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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Confirming current bike fit/position
1:32 - The approach
2:32 - Step 1
4:00 - Step 2
5:42 - Step 3
6:13 - Step 4
7:41 - What I learned
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Me - / grantritchie
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My Design Studio's Website - www.studioyoke.co.uk/
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Road Bike: Canyon Endurace CF SL 8.0
Gravel Bike: Canondale Topstone
Wheels: Hunt
GPS Cycling Computer: Wahoo Element Bolt
Road Shoes: Lake CX332
Gravel Shoes: Quoc Gran Tourer
Helmet: POC Omne Air Spin
Clothes: Universal Colours / Maap / Rapha
Turbo Trainer: Wahoo Kickr Core
Nutrition: Styrkr (Use code 'GRANTRITCHIE' for 25% off)
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[@roeboeski]

Easier way to measure saddle setback is to put the rear wheel against a wall. Measure bracket to wall and subtract measurement of tip of saddle to wall.

[@chriskotting]

Not transferrable to other bikes, since chainstay lengths differ.

[@roeboeski]

@@chriskotting think about this again...

[@MrProfessorRandomzz]

Soo informative! LOVE THIS

[@gravelmeri]

Helpful video!

[@grantritchie]

Glad you think so!

[@jaysayshello]

Nice!

[@chriskotting]

If you measure Saddle Setback to the nose of the saddle, you will end up with different fits with longer nose vs short nose saddles! You need to measure to the "sit point" of the saddle (where your ischia rest) to get the same fit on different saddles.

[@chriskotting]

Similarly, you need to measure reach from the sit point.

[@grantritchie]

I think most people run similar saddles across bikes so not an issue to use saddle nose. Be interesting to hear what Dan thinks r.e sit point.

[@TriathlonDan]

Another Dan Smith viral banger incoming 🫡

[@nicholasvipond2205]

Excellent video. I try to replicate the position on my road bike, should I allow for different pedal stack height when it comes to the saddle height ? I use Look Keo Road and Shimano SPD for the cross bike.

[@yonglingng5640]

You can get that deep if you want.

[@nicholasvipond2205]

@@yonglingng5640 Well yes I’d like to get that deep otherwise I wouldn’t ask the question. I’d very much like to know the answer as even a few millimetres affects how I feel on the bike.

[@AlbertArt]

Bike fit is important even for non competitive/everyday bike riders.

[@grantritchie]

100%

[@eBoard3R]

🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@ghostandtapeDoesVideo]

Best in the UK? Two of the measurements I do much better and more clever. And I’m just a nobody OCD cyclist