Palos Meltdown Race Report
By: Adam KaplanWow. What a perfect day to ride mountain bikes. The rain the night before made the trails nice and tacky, and reduced the dust a lot. It was sunny and low 80 deg. temps with a light breeze. Geoff Scott and I drove out to Palos with my wife and two daughters. The family made for great →
Race Report – WORS #7 Sunburst Showdown
By: Adam KaplanI chose this race to be my first in over 10 years. It took place in the Kettle Moraine area of Southeast WI and promised to be a fun course. I was convinced to enter the Cat. 2 Comp category against my better judgment by Sean Bjork, a XXX racer and friend of the shop. Geoff Scott, a →
A Must For Every Cyclist’s Quiver: The Cyclocross Bike
Whether or not you plan on participating in the crazy sport of cyclocross, a cross bike is something that every cyclist can enjoy and get plenty of use from. Cross bikes are fast on the road and open up more possibilities for routes, conditions, and terrain that can be ridden. The regular road ride can be spiced up with a quick →
Get A Grip Tip: Foot Stability & Stance Width
We often encounter knee tracking issues that stem from the placement of the cleat on the shoe and the overall width of the pedals on the bike. When the knee tends to flair away from the top tube over the top of the pedal stroke, one culprit could be stance width. In order to keep that knee over the foot, stance →
The Complete Fit: Tech, Tool & Rider
It's the person doing the fitting, not the tool, that makes a pro-level fitting valuable. The following post will cover how Get a Grip Cycles marries high-tech with high-touch in order to allow our clients to achieve all of their cycling goals. Over the last ten years, bike fit technology has changed quite a bit, while fundamental biomechanical principles have largely remained →