Spirit Cycle Works
Hartsburg Cycle Depot
Telephone (573) 636 9599
In Jefferson City
The Best Price, Service & Know How.
2004 West Main Street, Jefferson City, MO. 65109
Every bicycle built today by the major manufacturers is for an average sized, and more of a problem, average proportioned person. The only choice when picking a frame is really the seat tube length, as the seat tube length increases so the top tube length increases by an average amount also. Road bikes tend to have a few more sizes in their ranges but even here you still have to accept longer top tubes in a set size matched to the seat tube length. This would be no problem if we all came in standard sizes, unfortunately this is far from true.
You could stand twenty people, all 5 feet 8 inches tall, in a row and measure their arm, torso, and leg length and get a different set of measurements for each person.
The problem is even worse for woman, as most of these standard measurements are really only standard male measurements.
Anytime you sit on a non-custom bike your body is having to make compromises. A bike built to your individual body dimensions will make you feel more comfortable and therefore more relaxed and able to get the best performance from your muscles. Obviously no two people are alike, and that is why no two bikes that we have built, have been alike.
Other factors that go into designing and building your ultimate cycling machine are, your weight, your riding style, how you like the bike to handle, surfaces and terrain that you mainly ride on, will you be racing on any level or touring, etc.
As much information that you can give will help produce the bike of your dreams that will fit you like a glove, be it a full blown Downhill mountain bike or stead for the next Tour de France.
This little cartoon dude shows some of the measurements that we need to fit a bike.
Another cartoon dude finishing a fillet...
Lots of time to ponder lifes imponderables during this stage.
We take all kinds of measurements. Inseam, bare foot and in bike shoes. Torso length, arm length and hand measurements. All these dimensions are combined with the various information collected on riding style and componentry preferences to give us the perfect size frame.
The early years were spent producing lots of fillet work. Now we get asked for more lugged frames.
The first 'Spirit Cycle Works' tee-shirt. Custom Aparell too...
