I'll just add: Mike Butchko at the Bicycle Place in Silver Spring. He has a ton of experience fitting custom bikes, racers, commuters, and oodles of folks who just ride Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park, near which the shop is located.
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04-12-2009, 04:45 PM #1
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04-12-2009, 09:41 PM #2
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04-13-2009, 05:00 PM #3
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If you have a lot of $$ to spend, get a Retul fit by Josh Frick at CycleLife in Georgetown. There are some other people who come into the area to do Retul fits, but generally those come up with special club deals.
Other less expensive fits to be had at Revolutions (Clarendon location might be best for this), Spokes etc. on Quaker Lane in Alexandria.
You can also go to Quest or Capital Bicycle in Annapolis.
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04-13-2009, 06:21 PM #4
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Blech. Revolution cycles in Clarendon sold me a bike that was too small for me once.
Or rather, I should never be sold a WSD because I don't have a WSD body and bike sales people should know that.
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04-13-2009, 07:48 PM #5
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I've never been to CycleLife. too bad I was walking down there last sunday too!
Thanks TE! You pushed me half way over!
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04-13-2009, 08:31 PM #6
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I highly recommend the The Bike Lane - Todd at the store in Burke, VA or Adam at the Reston store. www.thebikelane.com. I know folks who have brought in bikes that they bought elsewhere for fittings, and they were very happy with the results. Good luck!
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04-14-2009, 02:50 AM #7
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Most folks can't afford to look sideways at CycleLife.
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04-14-2009, 05:26 AM #8
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maybe I shouldn't walk by it... Originally Posted by 7rider
Most folks can't afford to look sideways at CycleLife.Thanks TE! You pushed me half way over!
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04-14-2009, 09:40 AM #9
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LOL Originally Posted by 7rider
Most folks can't afford to look sideways at CycleLife.
So true. But I hear Josh is good.
As for Revolutions, I already bought the bike elsewhere. I was having a ton of fit problems, and so I tried every shop.
My sponsor shop (Bicycle Pro Shop) doesn't really do a lot of bike fitting, but they were able to figure out that the bike came with the wrong size crankarms for the frame size. The most they ever did as far as fit was take out the plum bob to measure my KOPS. They helped me do the fit on my new bike (which they built), but the geometry is very similar to my old bike, so I wound up using them mostly for their torque wrenches and did most of the measurements myself.
If you're looking to buy a bike, I'd recommend BPS and City Bikes.
I wouldn't recommend Revolutions for purchase unless you like Trek or Orbea. But I will say that when I was testing bikes, I tried a WSD bike there, hated it, and after that, they didn't push any WSD bikes on me. I really disliked Treks until I got on a Madone that was way out of my price range, so I didn't buy from them.
I bought my first bike from City Bikes. They did a fit, but I wouldn't really recommend their methods. It was probably fine for when I was a beginner, but I did a major overhaul of the fit within a few months.
One plus to Rev and CB is that they both throw in free maintenance for a year, which is nice. A lot of parts are also covered for routine stuff. The biggest benefit is free labor. I personally prefer the shop in Chevy Chase over Adams Morgan.
On my second frame, I sort of got fitted at Capital Bicycle after they did the build. I had the same geometry, so I used my previous measurements. They had to do a few tweaks. I liked the methods they used for checking body angles and all of that. The guys there are pretty nice. If you want to buy there, you'd better like Specialized, because they are a Specialized concept store.
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