Comparing bike geometry - we made a thing

I came across this thread again so thought I'd post an update.

As of September 2018, we've got over 4,400 bikes in the database and we're seeing a mind-boggling 30,000 monthly active users.

Who knew such a niche interest could be so popular?!

We've built a cool feature to make it easier to add bikes - just provide the web address of the page with the geometry table on it, and it'll try to extract the table and match up the parameters for you. It'll even extract a picture of the bike.

We made a start at a 'visual comparison' tool like is suggested above, but it's slow progress because frankly, it's hard to do well enough to be useful. We are working on it though.

Something that's closer to being ready is a 'search by geometry' tool - i.e. you give it some target values and it'll show you bikes that fit the criteria. Watch this space.

It's still very much a spare-time project, but we do now carry some ads to cover some of the cost of running the site (and are always interested to talk to anyone who'd like to sponsor it!).

Cheers for now...

Bob

Hi all

Another 2 months on and we're still getting hundreds of hits from this post alone every week! Have you lot bookmarked it or something?!

Anyway, we're now over 2000 bikes and still growing. I can't tell you how many wonderfully obscure brands I've learned about from this!

We've also just launched a new thing - a bike fitter finder. We've built the world's largest list of pro bike fitters, searchable by location. It's here: https://geometrygeeks.bike/fitters 

Free to use, free for fitters to list, and fitters can pay us a fee for an enhanced listing. Tryin' to pay the bills

A pro bike fit is a great investment so we're trying to spread the word and help these guys and girls out too, as the majority are based out of local bike shops.

Cheers all

Bob

Hi all

2 months on from the original post and we're still getting hundreds of hits linked from this post every week. Something must have caught your attention.

We're over 1500 bikes now, helped by big spreadsheets supplied by the likes of Cannondale and Boardman, along with huge numbers added by you lot. 

It's still very much a spare-time project but we've made lots of small usability tweaks, added a basic 'cart' as suggested above, and have many more things to roll out in the coming weeks.

Thanks for the support, and as always, feedback is welcome. Just drop us an email or post on here.

Cheers

Bob from geometrygeeks.bike

Thanks guys.

We've also done quite a lot of modelling in CAD to see what we need - unfortunately, little things  that aren't on most geometry charts (like headset stack) make a really significant difference. We'd only invest the time in building a tool like that once we know we can make it work well - i.e. give reliable data. So for now, it's on the wishlist until we have a brainwave

However, we do have some other interesting ideas about comparing lists of numbers, so stay tuned!

B

Hey part_robot... interesting ideas, thanks.

The idea of a visual overlay is one that keeps coming up and we're giving it some serious thought. You're right that it'd be a challenge!

B

Hello SammyG, TypeVertigo and everyone

We've made a few improvements to the mechanism for adding bikes to compare. Not yet a 'cart' (we're still thinking about that!) but hopefully it's now slightly more intuitive to use.

We've also enabled more parameters - things like manufacturer's recommended height, actual top tube (vs effective), suspension travel - and the ability to handle much more.

The tool to add a bike by pasting in a geometry table from a manufacturer's website has also got significantly smarter. Give that a try!

Much more in the works, and we prioritise ideas from our users. What should we be working on next?

Cheers

Bob @ GeometryGeeks

Hey Mendes.pms - we don't have it yet, but anyone can add a bike, wiki-style. Have a go!