Ultegra Pedals, Carbon Pro Shoes, Bike Fit

[sundial]

Starfish, do I detect the makings of a weight weenie?

Are you getting set up for your mountainous climbs this season? I'm impressed that you are thinking of going with the carbon road shoe. I haven't quite figured out how to walk in those without skating across the road. I did a Chinese split as I was getting off my bike. I told my LBS boys that I was too old to get dinged up in a silly accident and went with a mtb shoe. I am drooling over the new Specialized pro carbon mtb shoe.

I had a fitting at a bike shop and it was very interesting. The computer program they used actually recommended what bikes would fit my specifications and geometry. Very cool!

[KnottedYet]

Starfish - at my fit class there was a guy who had taken Specialized's fit course. That course is an entire week, and very in-depth. I'd be perfectly comfortable having someone do multiple adjustments at once to my bike if they'd been through that course (or the shorter course I took).

[Starfish]

Starfish, do I detect the makings of a weight weenie?
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I haven't quite figured out how to walk in those without skating across the road.
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The computer program they used actually recommended what bikes would fit my specifications and geometry. Very cool!

Weight weenie? HAHAHAHAHA!! No...one look at my body will clarify that I am not exactly counting grams!

Re: the shoes...for whatever reason, the minute I put them on, I had no trouble either in the store or on one short trip to the car. Of course, I don't want to walk on them much, but I think I will do OK (and probably will fall down a time or two at some point).

Sundial: do you know what computer program? I would be very interested!

I'd be perfectly comfortable having someone do multiple adjustments at once to my bike if they'd been through that course (or the shorter course I took).

Thanks, that is good to know. I think it was the short course, but I will have to find out. He certainly talked about (and looked at) a whole lot of things that sounded very detailed, and that were new to me (not that that is saying much! ). Anyhow, it is a recovery week, so easy trainer rides right now. We'll see next week. I am hoping to come over for yours and Wahine's fit thing, so that would be good timing for some follow up.

[sundial]

Sundial: do you know what computer program? I would be very interested!

Here's the fit program they used when I was measured for a bike:

http://chainwheel.com/page.cfm?pageID=344