Interbike day 2

Steve Hogg and Richard Bryne chatting at the
Bike Fit booth



















Paul presenting Richard with a Connection of Excellence awards...or better known as a "Swifty"





















Eddie Monnier, Paul, Steve Hogg and Kit

Paul with future Hall a Fame member Nelson Vails

Interbike 2009 - The Bike Fit Systems booth was packed!

Day 1 – What a blast.
Steve Hogg from Australia was in our booth most of the day.











Here he talking to Paraic McGlynn the head bike fitter for Serotta.

The legendary John Howard spent over an hour visiting and talking with customers.


Ed Palvelka from Road Bike Rider going over the Bike Fit Awards

Funniest thing I have seen so far at the show - Kathleen Krumme from Serotta meeting Steve Hogg and trying to sell him a Serotta fit class.....having no clue who she was talking to :-)

What do you think?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/on-show-eurobike-2009-part-13/88086

Neutral Forefoot - so they are now actually letting us know what we all knew about most shoes all along.

shoes that help

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/on-show-eurobike-2009-part-12/87989

Not the first time we have seen this but worth a look. Check out this link.
Nice to also have a little help from the cycling shoes. These shoes allow for more side to side cleat adjustment.

If anyone gets to see and work with these shoes we would love to hear from you.

Cheers

Russ gets some accolades after teaching recent class

Paul and Russ,

Thanks for the class. Of all the fitting classes I have taken, yours offered the most practical information and by far the most hands on practice of the principals taught. The small class size makes a huge difference with these types of programs.

CycleMetrix


Russ also just won the Mt Baker Hill Climb this weekend. Way to go Russ!
http://www.norkarecreation.com/hcindex.html
results still not posted at the time of this post

Notice the Cleat Wedges - Cycling News

http://www.cyclingnews.com/reviews/photos/look-keo-2-max-white-pedals/87208

New Keo Pedals - this writer must be a Cleat Wedge fan.
Please folks - when you install the cleat wedges make sure the front edge is not sticking out front like you see in the photo in the link above. Wedges that stick out the front can bunch up and make it difficult to clip in. Wedges are not meant to be cut or trimmed just installed correctly.

Notice the new Keo pedal is wider. ummmmmmmmmm just like Shimano SL went wider a year or two ago.

So what does WIDER mean? Instead of the pedal wearing crooked or at an angle because most feet tilt (the older pedals were a little softer material), your tilted foot now will be even more misaligned because this will force the foot to be MORE FLAT and stay misaligned flat.

Bravo!!!!!!!!! Another pedal company not only ignoring the problem but making it worse. I gotta take my hat off to the lack of thought by both Shimano and Look for going with wider and stronger platform because the pedals wore from tilted feet but missing the actual problem.

Ignorance is truly bliss.

Welcome our new Aussie friend

http://www.cycling-inform.com/

David Heatley of Cycling-Inform Pty Ltd recently came on board and has been kind enough to add our tips to his site.

Happy Pedals

Big and Tall

http://cycloculture.blogspot.com/2009/09/big-ideas-from-lennard-zinn.html

Leonard Zinn writes some interesting and sometimes quirky stuff but he may be a good reference/lead if you are working with a very tall cyclists.

Thought you might want to keep his information in the back of your mind.

Happy Pedals

EverydayCyclistPodcast.com mention

Hyper spin workout audio from Graeme Street at EverydayCyclistPodcast.com with Paul Swift. It's about 30 minutes into the podcast... the topics prior are worth a listen.

Paul shows Graeme a spin intensive workout. Graeme reveals the secret tricks as he describes this workout for you to try.

Good luck.;-)

The new guy

www.cyclesoles.com - Interbike booth 6007
Not much on the web site yet but this is one company I think you will all see more of in the future.

Swifty

Leg length and a shorter crank..........would you?

"Have you ever heard of or personally used different length cranks with someone who has a leg length discrepancy? I had a patient ask me this and I couldn't remember if we ever talked about that. I know that we have the shims for leg length discrepancies, but was curious about the crank length idea. Seems like a HUGE change to make that might affect the rest of the body." -Physical Therapist in Oregon

Yes,I have heard of this. In fact, I tried it for a short period of time to address my own LLD. Personally, it is not for me. I am not saying the idea is bad but it is not a first choice or even a second or third choice of options to consider. However, how much leg length difference is there and where is the difference? What other issues are going on that you might want to consider for going this route? There may be some reasons this is an option to consider. Difficultly with flexion at the hip on the shorter leg could be one.

First Choice (NOTE: This is all sight unseen suggestions/ideas.)
alternate stacking of wedges - create a platform
and/or
A leg length shim(s)

Of course, what pedal system is being used? You can build up a 3 hole and 4 holes cleat more easily than a two hole cleat.

A second Option:Different pedals (one taller than the other) For example - Shimano SL Durace = lower platform vs Shimano Ultegra = taller platform. Note the difference is not a lot but it is something and depending on the situation you may be looking just about anywhere to get some help.

There are a few others as well.

Think about it and lets us know what you all think about this

-Swifty


PS – See Steve Hogg’s recent interview on www.BikeFit.com

Steve Hogg interview is now posted at BikeFit.com's "Featured Fitter" section, found in the middle of the home page. Check out the conversation from the man from Australia.

Steve Hogg

Just letting you know if you would like to meet Steve Hogg he will be at Interbike in our booth #406.
This is his first trip to America.