It's the fit that makes a custom bike the best bike you'll ever own. Nothing rides like it was made just for you, unless it has been. Every Baum frame is made to order only.
Here's how it works…
Give us a call
To get the conversation started.
Come in for a test ride
We'd love to meet you over a coffee, give you a tour of the factory, and share ideas about your bike and what will work best. Please call us to make an appointment.
Get measured and fitted
We'll establish your ideal riding position on our fully adjustable fit bike and show you a preliminary CAD drawing of how your frame will look. Together, we'll select your parts and colours. At this stage, we'll require a deposit to secure your place in the production queue.
We'll get to work
First we'll draw up a detailed CAD design of your frame and send it to you for approval. Then, six to eight weeks later we'll give you a call to let you know your bike is ready. You can come and pick it up, or we can ship it out to you if you prefer.
There are four different ways that we can fit your bike to you:
Factory Fit
Visit us at the factory for a detailed fitting session we'll go over the ideas for your bike. If you need to travel, we'll pick you up and drop you off at Avalon airport.
We'll start with a relaxed but detailed discussion about your current bike – what you like and what you don't, how you want to ride and what you want to achieve with the new bike.
Then we'll ask you to warm up on our fit bike, after which we determine your optimum body position, crank length, and handlebar width. We'll have you ride the fit bike in your normal bike clothing at a range of different levels of resistance to make sure your bike always fits perfectly.
Fit systems
If there is another fitting system that works well for you, or you prefer not to travel you can send us the result of a ‘FitKit’, ‘BioRacer’ or other fitting session and we'll design your frame based on the fit system results you provide.
Measure your current bike
If you're completely comfortable when riding and don't believe further improvements are possible, or if you're chasing relatively small changes, you can specify your required position using a current favourite bicycle as a start point.
Measure the relative position of your seat, handlebars and pedals, and your preferred crank length using our instructions as a guide. This method works best for experienced road riders who require only minor tuning of their position.
Adapt one of our standard sizes
We offer a range of standard sizes that can be adapted to according to your preference. Perhaps a longer top tube length, shallower seat angle or different chainstay length.
This is a popular method of specifying custom mountain bike sizes.
