I’ve been fit three times and honestly Bo think it’s a waste of time and money for anyone who isn’t a hardcore road rider or XC mountain bike rider. If I went and got a fit this afternoon, I wouldn’t be able to ride over 10 miles with the resulting setup. The only thing that’s worked for me is quite a bit of trial and error. I have a number of injuries and I really have to spend time and money to get it right. I spent thousands of dollars over the years on clipless pedal setups only to realize that all my knee and foot numbness issues could be solved by flat pedals. I also ride swept bars and I’ve yet to meet a fitter who knows how to deal with alternative setups like that. The one exception to that is probably the guy who runs analog cycles who has some interesting ideas on setup that I’ve used with great results.
On Mon, 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7a46262b-0e9a-4fef-9474-4857faf95f29n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CADA0aDcG3z14ARq%2BG-aFusCfnjizW5O_D-Y4LUXKbVS_ZhOovA%40mail.gmail.com.
