Bike fit is an incredibly important aspect of cycling. A poorly adjusted bike can lead to injuries and inefficiency, so having your bike set up for you is paramount. In recent years cycling has become increasingly popular, and you can now see cyclists, either in groups or on their own taking over British roads – you’ll no doubt be riding
Still not sure what that bucking bronco in the shop is actually for? Well, while we’re not ones to blow our own
In Part 1 we talked about the weight of bikes and the potential weaknesses that may exist in super-light carbon fibre race
Bikes these days are getting lighter. The UCI limit for a ‘race’ bike may still be 6.8kg but it’s not difficult to build a bike
Here’s the first in a series of short videos we shot with Dan Empfield while he was over at Ten-Point teaching the first of many F.I.S.T. bike fitting workshops. In this video, we ask Dan, “What makes a great bike fitter?” As ever with Dan, his answer my surprise you… Question time with the bike fitting Guru – Dan Empfield at
When you go to buy a bike, you could be forgiven for thinking that bike manufacturers all size their bikes in a similar way and that as the size goes up, so the bike gets larger. Sadly, this couldn’t be further from the truth for many manufacturers. Historically, bikes were sized a bit like clothing – Small, Medium, Large and
Regular followers of the blog will know that Dan Empfield was at Ten-Point this week. On Monday and Tuesday he delivered his F.I.S.T. bike fitting course for the first time outside of the US. With 8 students on the course, we had a fantastic two days learning from the master. Dan was full of amazingly interesting insights, in-depth learning and
We’re getting excited here at Ten-Point. Tomorrow Dan Empfield, the father of the F.I.S.T. protocol of bike fitting, arrives! He’s over for a few days to run a two-day course on F.I.S.T. bike fitting for some UK bike dealers who want to up skill their staff in the best bike fitting methods around. For those that have never heard of
Another week goes by and the Storck Aernario Platinum picks up another award. Not content with being Tour Magazine’s ‘best bike ever’, it has just walked off with the top spot in the Road.cc Superbike shootout 2014-2015. They said it was “light, stiff and comfortable” and it “sparkled on the climbs, flattering your abilities with a wind-behind-you feel”. High praise indeed!
After the craziness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s time to properly get into the advent season….by doing more exercise! That’s right, with the excesses of Christmas just around the corner, the advent challenge will give you a reason to get out and do some exercise everyday and who knows by the time the Chriistmas feast is laid before
Ten-Point, GURUs European Training and Service Centre of Excellence has recently trained all the staff of Abbots Ann Cycles, located in Hampshire, in the use of the Guru Bike Fitting System and the Slowtwitch F.I.S.T Bike Fitting Protocol.
If you’ve been into the shop recently you’ll have seen our new, awesome, incredible bike fitting machine – The Guru. It is taking pride of place in the shop because it is the future of bike fitting and we believe everyone should have the GURU Bike Fitting Experience. Our knowledge and experience of the F.I.S.T. fitting protocol developed by Dan Empfield
Ten-Point is to become the first Storck Bicycles Studio. Customers will be able to view the complete road range of bicycles including the new road disc bikes. Ten-Point is also the GURU European Training and Service Centre so it will be able to create any Storck Bicycle model and size in the GURUs virtual warehouse bike finder module. The official
Ten-Point, GURU Bike Fit System’s European Training and Service Centre of Excellence is pleased to announce that Guru is now working with the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team as an official performance partner – providing each rider with the ultimate fit system and industry-leading fit science to drive results in competition. See the video and listen to some of the riders
Bike Fitting Par Excellence
Bike-Fitting: What, Why, How, Where? A 3 minute video showing why we recommend the F.I.S.T. protocol of bike-fitting, where the cyclist is in the driving seat, rather than a set of pre-determined angles. Hopefully, this will dispel some of the current preconceptions regarding who bike-fitting is relevant for, and bring this useful service into mainstream bike purchasing, bike building and
Your local bike/run shop in the heart of the community … with a wonderful ‘homemade cakes and great coffee’ gift shop/cafe two doors away, for treats, light lunches and the post-ride ‘habit’! Nearest towns: Watford 30 min; Hemel Hempstead 23 min; High Wycombe 16 min; Berkhamsted 15 min; Beaconsfield 11 min; Chesham 6 min By air: Heathrow 41 min; Luton
The BlackFish is a proper, BTF registered UK Triathlon Team … but of the relaxed, inclusive, non-combatant variety! The enthusiastic guys at Ten-Point wanted to encourage an active healthy lifestyle through the sports of running, cycling and swimming, without all the politics of officialdom. Just Join In. All you do is request to be a member. That’s it. Our focus