Mike Fraysse’s Sports Resort and BikeFit Pro Green Level Class

Instructors Beth Mason and Paul Swift

Truly the coolest location for a bike fit class. Mike cooks amazing meals and the setting of everyone together in the mansion and around it is awesome.

Josiah Ng...BikeFit Pro? www.josiahng.com

Josiah adding washer to the left pedal of Leslie Girard's bike 

This weekends class is being taught by Dave Howells of BC BikeFit and Tony Corke of Tacoma Bike shop and CycleFitUS 

Sitting Pretty

... another pretty example!




How common is this and what are the reasons?
Could it be Leg Length Discrepancy?
Or a ad saddle choice?
Or the rider's morphology?
Or the stance?

Being off center by over 1 inch and not feeling it is NOT normal ...

Working the SwitchIt

From BikeFit Pro Education class at Mike Fraysse's Sports Resort. The coolest regional training center for BikeFit.  

sitting pretty......not

A little off center

          Add something so they actually feel the center of the saddle

                                                             Now sitting pretty

Thanks to Steve H

Stance width – more wider pedals on the way????

Check out this link 

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/pro-bike-mark-cavendishs-htc-specialized-mclaren-venge/173224 

  Even the pros are realizing that wider may be better. Actually stance width is an individual thing but the more cyclists are exposed to proper bike fit and manufactures supply the proper equipment – “wider” is here and it is growing.

Some of our recent numbers support that at least half of the pedals on a bike should be a different length and that is probably a low estimate/finding. Today actually getting the different length pedals may be another story but one day that will not be an issue. Eventually different length spindles will be common place and not just found at a few select Speedplay dealers. Going out on a limb I would say this spindle length choice will become expected in bike sizing….that means even before the actual bike fit.

Mention this blog and receive $20 off an order of two lasers with knee dot straps – lasers are the best way to assess and address proper stance width. This offer is good for one week starting today.

Old Country ways - Episode 2

Last Friday, May 6th I was visiting a retailer near Varese, Italy when a group of cyclists comes into the store and one of them asks for a new saddle. He asks the store owner which one was his favorite carbon saddle because his old saddle was not comfortable, the owner pointed to a nice and expensive carbon saddle, the guy said ok and he purchases it on the spot because the owner liked the saddle. The saddle gets installed and off they went to continue their ride. Never once did the owner of he shop see the old saddle before the bike was brought into the store to have the saddle changed after the saddle was paid for.
I can't wait to start seeing more SwitchIt Saddle Changer available in stores around the globe!

Old Country ways - Episode 1

I was just in Italy this past Thursday and Friday visiting dealers and on Thursday I stumbled across a fitter doing a fit. I stood back and looked at the person being fitted and the fitter doing his job. After a few minutes of watching the fitter do his thing and never asking once to the customer how he was feeling, I politely asked if I could do something. I went out the the car, brought in my bike fit case, took out the lasers and wow, the fitter could not have been further away from going in the right direction. The interaction between the two went something like this ...

C - When I pedal my right leg hurts as its about 1.5cm shorter
F - No problem, let me see your shoe and let me make some adjustments
C - I am not sure, this feels different but I will grow into the sensation
F - It will take you a while to feel the improvements in your pedal stroke
C - ok, I will let you know how I feel the next few times I go riding

... then out came the lasers (after I asked if I could show something)

ME - Do you mind if I adjust your right shoe?
C - Ok, what are you going to do to it?
ME - I am going to add a 3mm spacer if this is ok with the fitter
C&F - OK
ME - I install a 3mm Keo LLS and add a varus wedge and move the cleat all the way out
C - This feel great, I feel the pedal and almost all the pressure on the outside of the foot has gone.
ME - Enjoy your ride

Last month when visiting another shop in Italy, a customer purchasing an extremely nice Pinarello Dogma was having cleats put on his shoes. How were they installed? The sales person asked the mechanic to install the cleats; a caliper comes out of a drawer, the shoe width is measured, the cleat is placed all the way forward and right smack centered in the middle of the shoe. I wonder how his first ride felt ...

Riding someone else's wheel

OK I was a great wheel sucker but I won a lot of races. So I draft into this one.
Steve Hogg on Speedplay check out this link...... but does he mention BikeFit cleat wedges are included in the Pro Fit Case....? Read for yourself and see.

http://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/blog/2011/04/road-pedals-which-are-best/
And is that Specialized getting some props here...... ;-) To be honest I never have an issues with Specialized shoes. In fact most of their products I like.

Swifty - being lazy and sucking a wheel
But in all seriousness check out Hogg's blog - read and learn!

A video about BikeFit worth watching!

Congratulations to Dave one of our Red Level BikeFit Pros and instructors and his new promo video.
Click here to BC BikeFit's home page

www.bcbikefit.com

take a look at this cleat

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/04/bikes-and-tech/clothesline/clothesline-comparing-300-shoes-bontrager-rxxxl-vs-fizik-r3_170563/attachment/9o5b7354

Notice the dark mark on the outer part of the inner circle. Just a typical sign of a foot not wanting to be flat with the pedal.

tats from recent bike fits - enjoy!

Congratulations to our most recent Red Level BikeFit Pros.

The Clinical Red Level BikeFit Pro Class from April 30-May 1

This class was led by Katrina Vogel MS DPT and Paul Swift founder of BikeFit.com