Wall Street Journal tomorrow

This past weekend I was honored to see former competitor and long time friend Nelson be inducted into the US Bicycling Hall of fame

Read about him tomorrow in the Wall Street Journal

5 Bike Fits

			CW = Cleat Wedge
			ITS - In The Shoe
		degrees
Nate	right	9 varus	2 varus CW	20mm pedal spacer
	left	1 valgus	2 varus CW	20mm pedal spacer
Jamie	right	20 + varus	2 varus CW/2 ITS
	left	20 + varus	1 varus CW/2 ITS
Chris	right	11 varus	2 varus CW/1 ITS
	left	11 varus	2 varus CW/1 ITS	20mm pedal spacer
Dave	right	10 varus	3 varus CW	shorter spindle
	right		2mm LL shim
	left	10 varus	2 varus CW
Ken	right	11 varus	1 valgus cw
	left	11 varus	1 valgus cw
5 fits	4.8	wedges	per cyclist
	2.6	wedges	per right foot
	2.2	wedgs	per left foot

As far as wedges go, how do you know the rider's body is aligned correctly?

I could write a book about this question. For the sake of trying to keep this interesting (stick with a short reply) I will offer a link and give a short answer.

http://bikefit.com/whywedge.php

Here are two basic things to consider. How does it look and how does it feel.

Looks – generally you will pedal with your knee tracking closer to a straight line. Whatever movement (knee pattern) or deviation you had before wedging, the goal is to reduce the knee movement that may go from side to side or some other pattern besides straight.

There is one illustration of this in the link above.

Feel – This is generally felt with a more even or balanced feeling near the ball of the foot when clipped into the pedal. Please see the bottom illustration of the diagram in the link.

Hope this helps.

one = more foot pain

Which one brings on more foot pain/discomfort and why?

We're a fan of Cyclo-Core.

Graeme Street, Owner & Creator of the Cyclo-Core (body weight strength & conditioning) & Cyclo-Zen (cycling oriented flexibility/ Yoga) DVDs are resources worth having and knowing about. Besides DVDs for his customers, Graeme has these in downloadable for as well. This is especially true if you do not have such resources in an area where you live that are easily accessible.

It seems some may come for a BikeFit session thinking it's a "magic bullet" to become Tour Champion. The same goes for their conditioning/fitness. If they do not have a sound physical foundation to support this increased workload, it would seem they are not spending their time to the best outcome.

Considering that aspect towards conditioning, the same could be said for the BikeFit results they will get. BikeFit is not static and with effort they can improve so much.

Check out Graeme's efforts at www.cyclo-core.com

Full disclosure: Paul Swift and BikeFit.com are the BikeFit experts in Graeme's www.cyclo-club.com project -- bringing together some resources to help the Everyday Cyclist get more out of their cycling.

Can you find the one product that worked well.....in this photo?

from Look

http://www.lookcycle.com/docs/techsupport-fr/keofit/photopop.php?photo=7

It is also in this photo - what is it?

From http://www.look.com/

http://www.lookcycle.com/docs/techsupport-fr/keofit/?lang=en

Hint - it is not the Keo Max pedals