My job is literally testing the best road bikes on the market, or the best gravel bikes… plus endless streams of the latest kit too. With access to the best bikes and kit on the planet, you’d be forgiven for thinking that I must be meticulous and optimised in every single aspect of my setup, but I’m going to burst your bubble; my attitude to my own bike setups, when they needn’t be fettled to within an inch of their lives, is decidedly cavalier.
Some things, I will admit, are worth sweating the small stuff over. Correctly torquing the bolts on your bike will help you avoid a potentially catastrophic failure, and making sure my saddle height – even going so far as to account for the varying stack of my pedals, shoes, and even my bib shorts – are non-negotiables for me, but there are some things I simply don’t devote more than a passing thought to because I’d rather be riding my bike.
