ArticleSports medicine and health science2021
Anthropometrics, flexibility and training history as determinants for bicycle configuration.
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- Examining the Effectiveness of Bike Fitting.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Idmatch Bike Fitting Enhances Power Output in Recreational Cyclists: A Pilot Study.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- Long-Term Effects of a Kinematic Bikefitting Method on Pain, Comfort, and Fatigue: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparative Analysis of Male Cyclist Population in Four Asia Countries for Anthropometric Measurements.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Intrinsic factors such as leg length, arm length, flexibility and training history are factors that may be relevant to the optimisation of the individual bicycle configuration process. Bike fitting methods do not always take all these variables into account, and as yet there have been limited studies examining how these variables can affect the cyclist's position on the bicycle. The main aims of this study were to establish how individual anthropometrics, training history and flexibility may influence cyclists' freely chosen bicycle configuration, and to determine the full-body static flexion angles chosen by cyclists on the bicycle. Fifty well-trained male cyclists were recruited for the study. A multivariate linear regression analysis was performed to predict the four main configurations of a bicycle (saddle height, saddle setback, handlebar reach and handlebar drop) based on individual anthropometrics, flexibility and training history. Average joint kinematic ranges for the knee (36°±7°) and elbow (19°±8°) joint supported previous recommendations. Hip (77°±5°) and shoulder (112°±7°) joint angles should be determined as true clinical joints. Trochanteric leg length (
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