Dealer Camp - July 26-28, 2011

http://www.bikedealercamp.com/    Park City, Utah - July 26-28, 2011
Just sending this out to let folks know about this trade show.
Anyone think they might be going?

7 bike fits – Dec 4-5 Clinical BikeFit Pro Green Level Education 2010

Brook -
Left 5 degree varus 1 VV1
Right 10 degrees varus 1 VV1 & 1 Cleat Wedge - 20mm pedal spacer

Terri -
Left 7 degrees varus 1 ITS wedge
Right 0 neutral 1 ITS wedge

Tucker -
Left 9 degrees varus 1 VV1 & 1 ITS wedge - 20mm pedal spacer
Right 10 degrees varus 1 VV1 & 1 ITS wedge - 20mm pedal spacer
Plus – Superfeet

Jeff-
Left 4 degrees varus 1 Cleat Wedge
Right 7 degrees varus 2 Cleat Wedges

Anna
Left 16 degrees varus 3 Cleat Wedges – ½ longer spindle
Right 19 degrees varus 4 Cleat Wedges – ½ longer spindle

Dena
Left 18 degrees varus 2 Cleat Wedges & 1 ITS
Right 19 degrees varus 2 Cleat Wedges & 1 ITS

25 total Wedges – all varus
3.6 wedge per cyclist – slightly below average
4 – VV1 Cleats were used (SPD users)
6 – ITS Wedges were used = 24 percent of total wedge use – higher than average
15 – Wedges used were Cleat Wedges
7 fits = 14 feet – all feet needed wedges
5 feet needed longer spindles (3 of 7 cyclist would not fit properly with most pedal systems)

Not enough Cleat Wedge

Not long ago we talked about pedal wear and how to see if more wedges are needed. We mostly focused on Look style pedals because for that system you look more toward the pedal for signs of wear. Here is a Speedplay cleat with Cleat Wedges and yet it was not enough. How can you tell? Look at the wear mark which is shown more on the out side (lateral part) of the cleat. If the fit is even between the shoe/cleat/pedal you will not see uneven wear like this.

This foot clearly does not want to be flat and needed just one more Cleat Wedge. Note ITS (In The Shoe) wedges do not always help this situation. This foot was a great example to compare ITS vs Cleat Wedges. No matter how much ITS went inside this shoe the foot did not meet the pedal flat until we went with Cleat Wedges. If you are unsure which wedge to use your odds are significantly better if you use Cleat Wedges only.

The perfect holiday gift. Give a bike fit to someone you know.

If you know someone that rides a bike and you are not sure what to get them for Christmas see if your local bike fitter offers gift certificates.

If you are a bike fitter post something on your site about gift certificates for a bike fit.

Happy Holidays!

SwitchIT featured in Pez

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=8926&status=True&catname=Latest%20News

Christmas is not the only thing around the corner so is the arrival of SwitchIT.

We currently have a list of customers ready to purchase. If  you would like to be added to the list, let us know. We can reserve one for you.

Cheers

BikeFit Pro Education class Dec 4-5

Picture - Jeff Fulford PT from Loma Linda, CA

Notice the Specialized saddles near the bike – we showed several models of the saddles throughout the class using the "SWITCHIT" which will be available soon. In the meantime if you would like to see the SwitchIT in action now visit Woodinville Bicycle. Mike Rabas the owner of Woodinville Bicycle also visited the class for an hour to talk about bike shop relationships with clinicians. Woodinville Bicycle is a Specialized dealer.  

Lastly a big thanks to Superfeet who supplies us with the world’s greatest over the counter insoles for all shoes, especially cycling.

Don't mess with Texas - Tuesday December 14nth

Texas continues to show up on the radar. Our top seller for independent bike fitters several months now has been Tad Hughes of Houston, TX. Tad is taking it to the road and here is your chance to find out more about this leading fitter at Nelo’s Cycle Shop in Austin, TX  Tuesday December 14th.

http://www.tadhughescustom.com/fitclub.html