Matt Bottrill Performance Coaching bike fits are designed to optimise power and aerodynamics. Fitter George Fox answers some of the most common bike fit-related questions Who needs a bike fit? Anybody and everybody! The level of your riding doesn't really matter – a lot of the time injured riders get fitted but many others get fitted every season, every time they get a new bike or simply when they feel it is the right time. Fitting has two very distinct sides to it in my opin

Why is recovery so important for cyclists? It’s easy to consider hard training sessions as being the best markers of fitness and performance gains, but how much thought have you really given to your recovery? Chances are, if you’re like the majority of Matt Bottrill Performance Coaching athletes, planned recovery features low in the packing order, with long coffee rides at the weekend, and early morning sets on the turbo in the week, treated with far greater priority. But rec

Following a very busy two years of hard work, with little time spent away from work and my bike, I’ve spent the last month really recovering, with no riding or exercise. I could tell by the final weeks of the season that my body and mind were both in great need of a rest, and for me, this time out was an absolute necessity, I was very fortunate to have done a really intense training camp for the triathletes we work with over in Kansas City in the US, towards the back end of