My experience with ATA cycle has been fantastic.
ATA sells high end and custom bicycles. Their typical customer is a hard core bicyclist or triathlete who wants to optimize power and performance.
I am in a very different category. When I was in my teens and 20s I was an avid cyclist, but I had to completely stop because of a combination of injuries including knee problems, shoulder problems, and rebuilt wrist which will be injured if overloaded. By age 32 I had completely stopped cycling, and I did not ride again for around 20 years.
Last year I decided to try again, and was advised by my doctor (who is a cyclist) to go to ATA. Husam did a complete fitting, using his bicycle ""simulator"" (a stationary bike whose frame geometry can be altered on the fly) and built me the perfect bike -- a carbon fiber road frame with thin clincher wheels to minimize vibration transmission to my wrist and shoulders, with mountain bike style bars, bar extenders to let me ride with a hand position similar to riding on the brakes of road bars, and an unbelievably adjustable stem which allows me to ride in an upright position now, and will later let me make the bike more aerodynamic by lowering the bars and extending them forward as I get into condition to allow this.
The fit is amazing, and despite riding in an upright position that maximizes air resistance I am faster now on this bike than I was when I was in optimal shape in my 20s. Because of this bike, I was able to ride all last summer and now this spring for the first time in 20 years.
By evaluating my multiple orthopedic issues and then fitting me expertly, Husam has given me back my favorite sport. I wholeheartedly recommend ATA cycle to anyone who needs an optimal fit to compensate for injuries, or to make their riding as comfortable, efficient, and fast as possible.
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