Re: [RBW] Bike Fitting

[Richard Rose]

My experience only & 50 years of cycling later.., I answer “No” to both questions. Was I ever professionally fitted? Yes. Did it make a difference? No. Does the fit transfer to other bikes? Maybe. I wanted to say “No” but I realize it might for others. When my bikes were all road bikes - then yes. But since getting Rivendell bikes, everything else fit wise kind of went out the window. Upright position, Brooks B17 & adoption of a mid foot pedal position have combined to make me more comfortable than at any other time in my cycling life. And I did so finding my own fit. My opinion only; professional fitting is primarily performance oriented. Once you know what works for you there is not much to be gained comfort wise. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2025, at 1:55 AM, Stephen Durfee <chefdur...@gmail.com> wrote: I'm curious about the collective opinion regarding professional bike fitting, and pose these questions as one who has been riding for 50+ years on mostly drop bar road bikes, without ever having been "fitted"...  I'm not particularly interested in increased performance, although I'd be happy to ride faster/stronger in some situations - mostly, I'm concerned with comfort. I'm used to, and have generally learned to live with certain aches and pains after a good long ride, a sore back or neck for instance... sore butt is not uncommon either. I follow the conventional rules for set-up (ie, choose frame and saddle height based on PBH) and I tinker/ swap/exchange parts for the fun of it, but haven't ever really experienced an "aha" moment when it comes to comfort/fit!    I enjoy following threads regarding saddle choice and positioning, woolen underwear vs. padded shorts, handlebar options, PBH and frame size, drop vs. reach,  etc etc... and I've experimented with a bunch...which leads me to be skeptical about putting my faith in a service that seems to boil down to trial and error, plus common sense.  So here are the questions: 1. Have you been professionally fitted, and did that result in a noticeable improvement in comfort?  Enough that you would advocate for others?  2. I have three or four bikes, set up different ways (Homer with drop bars as my "road bike", All Rounder with Albatross bars for "adventure", etc)....if one is "fitted" to a certain bike, does the "fit" apply to different set-ups?  Thanks in advance, sd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7a46262b-0e9a-4fef-9474-4857faf95f29n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/E3393380-ED56-4390-9429-5444A3A6980A%40gmail.com.