Bike Geometry Explained: The Bicycle Flavor Wheel!

Understanding bike geometry numbers and how they affect the ride quality with the Bicycle Flavor Wheel!
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[urbanprimitive]

That just summed up 4 books and two years of research on bike geometry and handling in less than 15 minutes.

[nopets]

Pretty sure Russ's shirt is the same flavor as that bike.

[scrubby]

Thank you for the link to Bike Insights! What a great website for geometry nerds!

[thestinkywhistler]

From personal experience, I find all of these rules to be generally true, but I think it is important to mention that combinations of these different aspects can have surprising results.

[nateisright]

Great video Russ! I’ve never heard of Bike Insights until now. This is like candy for a bike nut.

[joeb]

Can see the tie-in to the new service you announced. Would have jumped on it a few months ago. Have watched enough of your videos to see that you are the perfect person to interpret and translate the geometry numbers into plain-language, how-does-it-ride, decision-making info. Plus, it's evident from your PLPTalks that you are a good listener. We just landed on a pair of hers-'n-his Salsa Vaya framesets, built out for us by a wonderful LBS. Before then I made myself nuts trying to understand the key geometry factors for us. Didn't know about Bike Insights and created an MS-Excel spreadsheet to compare all the geometry of all the bikes I was considering. REALLY happy with our new bikes but mainly it illustrates that even a blind squirrel occasionally finds an acorn. Wishing you much success with the new venture. P.S.: You may be agnostic in most respects, but don't you think you're kind of an evangelist for 650b? Just sayin'.

[BradWadeNL]

This is amazing! I was bouncing back and forth between this video and bikeinsights. I've now learned why my AWOL handles the way it does. Thank you Russ!

[leahmoynihan]

This was super helpfu! I sometimes feel like I’m drowning in unfamiliar terms when I’m watching videos, and this went a long way to helping me make sense of what you describe.

[dyj]

A great and easy presentation on the relationship between geometry and the type of rides that would benefit. Excellent work as usual, Russ.

[rolandmarichal]

Great info! Best that I’ve seen on the subject. Simple, straightforward, clear

[davem]

Russ, important topic and well done. Worthy of a deeper dive for a future episode.

[AlS-zgdi]

Russ.... no kidding.... the Bike Whisperer is a GREAT idea. People will pay for advice. I just bought a Velo Orange Polyvalent because of you and Ms. Cools on Wildeberry's channel... It arrives on Friday!!!

[joshmccullock]

The Bike Whisperer service is a wonderful idea!

[mattdelcomyn]

Really glad you’re getting into the numbers. Helps make the ride reviews more subjective. Great job simplifying bike geometry. And cool idea: Bikewhisperer! Good stuff Russ.

[beebopcola]

Great job distilling the numbers! I wasn't able to relate the data back to bike feel until now. Thank you!

[ABFPV]

Well you pretty much helped me put to rest any questions if I got the right bike. The bike whisperer idea is a fantastic one!!

[sameoldcircus]

This is great! Love the idea of the flavor wheel to give a better understanding of the feel of bikes.

[MsGscoot]

Super helpful man youre the goat. You have no idea how helpful this is and that tool you mentioned is incredibly powerful. Thank you - you just got a nother subscription

[tomordr]

Nice video Russ. I have an n+2 problem of wanting a fast feeling light road bike with some cushioning of the fork (wrist issues) and a second bike, steel perhaps, rack capable but not an overweight slug so I may well utilize your service to help select that second bike need. I think you have a good understanding of bikes and ability to communicate it.

[danmathis]

Well...congratulations! You just keep getting better. This is excellent!! Even the racing nerd shows don't have this quality explanation!!! Thanks & you're the Best!!!