9UPGRADING YOUR BIKE AND YOUR EQUIPMENT
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The variety of components and accessories available to enhance the comfort, performance and appearance of your bicycle is almost endless. Your dealer can help you select those that will work best for the kind of riding you do.
Even if you are an experienced rider, don’t assume you can properly install and operate these components or accessories without first reading any instructions that are enclosed with the product. Be sure to read, and under- stand, the instructions that accompany the products you purchase for your bicycle. If you have the slightest doubt as to their suitability or about your ability to install them correctly, ask your dealer for help.
WARNING: Failure to install and operate any accessory properly can result in serious damage to the bicycle, and serious injury or death to the rider.
1. Comfort and Convenience Accessories
Once the bike fit (frame size, saddle position and angle, stem length and rise) is correct, the saddle becomes the single most important comfort accessory.
The comfort of a bicycle saddle depends much more on how the saddle shape relates to the rider’s body than on the thickness or material of the padding. Bicycle manufacturers select a saddle shape based on their best guess of what’s likely to be comfortable for most buyers of that particular bicycle model. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to be the most comfortable
