Bike Fit Results

[maillotpois]

Cool! I hope the fits helps. He's so thorough, and so nice to work with.

That cleat position was the one thing he did that I ultimately had to change back. It just did not work for me for ultra distance stuff, and moving cleats back seems to be a common remedy for the problems I was getting after DMD last year (hot foot, etc.).

[Wahine]

Moving cleats forward definitely does not work for a lot of ultra distance people. So don't fight it if it's not working for you. Sounds like you got a great fit and that you need to work on your core strength some more

[Veronica]

Yeah, I'm not really sure what it is I'm doing or not doing with this shoulder rocking/head bobbing thing going on.

How does one anchor one's pelvis? I have no plans to throw it off a boat and let it sink to the bottom.

V.

[maillotpois]

Did he say the head bobbing thing was because of the un/non-anchored pelvis? I haven't really seen it before (yes you're special) in any of the folks I have ridden with or coached.

Sorry but it has to be said: AHOY!

[Veronica]

Yep, that is what he said. 'Cause at the end we went down the list of my five issues.

V.

[maillotpois]

Ah - I see how the issues line up like that. But did he explain what that meant? Is it a stability issue? It would seem that bending at the waist business would help that whole pelvic stability and anchoring.

[Wahine]

V. What you need to do is learn how to control your pelvis motion in the frontal plane (side to side rocking). Side plank is a very good exercise for this. So is spinning on your bike at such a high speed that you start bouncing out of the saddle, then slow down your cadence until you regain control and try to focus on maintaining solid contact with the saddle with your sit bones. It might help to think about keeping both sides of your waist long, kind of like you do when you do triangle pose in yoga. I also like the first two exercises on this video for training your body to control your trunk posture while you're doing things with your legs. It's functional because that's what we ask our body to do while we cycle.

Maybe those will help with the hip rocking.