Comfort
Reduce strain and discomfort so you can ride longer.
Fitting & Frame Design
We combine professional bike fitting with bespoke frame design and British craftsmanship to create bicycles that fit perfectly and ride beautifully for a lifetime.
Professional Bike Fit
Custom Geometry
Handmade in Britain
Why Bike Fit Matters
A better fit.
A better ride.
The right position on the bike transforms how you feel, how you perform and how far you can ride. Our fitting process optimises every contact point for you.
Performance
Improve power output and handling with the right position.
Efficiency
Optimise your position to get the most from every watt.
Injury Prevention
Minimise the risk of pain and long-term injury.
Your Fitting Journey
1
Consultation
We discuss your riding, goals and any issues you are experiencing.
2
Physical Assessment
We evaluate your mobility, flexibility and body measurements.
3
Dynamic Bike Fit
We analyse you on the bike and dial in your optimal riding position.
4
Frame Design
We apply your fit data to design a frame built around you.
5
Final Recommendation
We review everything and provide your fit report and frame specification.
Built Around You
Your position.
Your ride.
Your frame.
Every Enigma begins with you. Through detailed measurement and dynamic analysis, we design custom geometry that is tailored to your body, your riding style and your goals.
Explore Our ProcessThe Enigma Difference
Experienced Fitters
Decades of combined experience and thousands of successful fits.
Custom Geometry
Bespoke geometry designed around your body, your goals and your riding.
British Frame Builders
Handmade in our Sussex workshop using the finest titanium.
Ride Quality First
Beautifully made frames that deliver comfort, performance and longevity.
The frame should adapt to the rider - never the other way around.Enigma Bicycle Works
Begin Your Enigma Journey
Book a professional bike fit or visit our Sussex workshop to discuss your next custom bicycle.
Call us 01323 845849
Bike-Fit
We believe a bike-fit is an essential part of a premium bike purchase and is more valuable than even the most expensive equipment. The benefits of a bike-fit are immeasurable and will lead to improved comfort, increased efficiency, enhanced performance and pain-free alignment. What’s more a professional bike-fit can reduce the chances of injury due to poor positioning on the bike. There are several different techniques available today, some of which will provide myriad amounts of data. However in order to process and interpret this data, the fitting should be overseen by an experienced bike-fitting technician.
As with so many things, in Bike-fitting there is no substitute for experience and our fitting team is headed by Daryl Arrowsmith who has a wealth of fitting experience, so you can be sure you are in safe hands. Unlike most retailers and bike-fitting studios we also build frames and this gives us a unique advantage and a fully-informed perspective when it comes to custom frame design. We know what works from the rider's perspective regarding the fitting, and what doesn't work in relation to frame design.
Visit us in person
If you’re able to visit us in person, there are a couple of methods we will use to determine the correct frame size for you.
For customers of reasonably ‘average’ proportions and who are looking for a Core range frame; we may put you straight on a suitably sized demo bike where we can check your basic position on the bike before sending you out for a test ride. Your position would be fine-tuned from there.
If you’re considering a ‘Signature’ build, or should we need take a closer look at the geometry of a Core frame for you, then we have our professional fitting studio at your disposal. Using our Bikefitting.com fitting jig we can replicate the size of any bike.
We will start by taking some of your measurements and will set the jig to mimic the frame size that we think will work best for you. We will then make adjustments to refine your position as necessary, whilst keeping a close eye on the screen in front of you to see how the geometry of the bike is affected.
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Key Points
To achieve the optimum solution in terms of your physical position on the bike and the bike design itself we will consider and discuss the following along the way:
- 1) Comfort - the most important aspect of any bike-fit. If you are not comfortable on the bike your performance will be hampered.
- 2) Performance - two things to consider here. First off, the performance of the rider; taking into account pedalling efficiency and aerodynamics. Secondly the performance of the bike, an important consideration often overlooked by other bike fitters. We will look at the handling and stability aspects to optimise the ride feel to match your needs.
- 3) Aesthetics - creating a beautiful machine is part of the appeal of a custom bicycle and sometimes the rider may wish to make a compromise on either their comfort or the aesthetic of the bike to achieve the right balance. For example; a taller head-tube may be more comfortable and provide more flexibility in positional adjustments but may detract from the sleek lines of a traditional race bike. We will help you make the choices.