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Finding the right bike from the bars back

There are some very sexy integrated aero bars on the market right now. Profile Design's Carbon X. 3T's Ventus. Visiontech's Trimax. All these feature integrated stems. How does one divine what frame fits these bars?

Fudging for negative reach

Tri bike fitters using the F.I.S.T. system often find they need a size bigger bike for their customers versus what the fit session indicates. Here's why.

Seat height

This is article number five out of eleven describing our F.I.S.T. Tri bike fit process.

Armrest drop

This article exists as part of a series of eleven on tri bike fit, and describes the proper armrest drop for a triathlete; how to measure it; how to determine it.

Hip angle

This description of how to determine the proper tri bike riding hip angle is part of a process in which we describe the F.I.S.T. tri bike fitting process.

Tools of the trade

This is an article in a series describing our F.I.S.T. process for tri bike fitting, and in here we lay out the state of the art in tools for best practices.