Bike Fit Etiquette

[Karmabike]

You should not be feeling pain after your fit. It may take time to become accustomed to your new position but it should feel generally pretty good.
Certainly no pain.

As the others mentioned you should go back to the fitter and have him work with you. If he is a professional he will give at least some follow up especially if you are having problems.

Oh and defiantly bribe your fitter. Primo beer, homemade brownies, cakes..

Victor
Bicyclelab.com

[Kathi]

I took my shop ice cream. It's french pot, made in Cincinnati and sold in Denver. I felt like a cheapskate though, it's only sold in quarts and I think they deserve gallons!

[MartianDestiny]

I took my shop ice cream. It's french pot, made in Cincinnati and sold in Denver. I felt like a cheapskate though, it's only sold in quarts and I think they deserve gallons!

You brought them ice cream?!?!? Well crap, I've been out-done. Gotta raise the stakes a bit then....hummm...what is better than ice cream....

[Kathi]

You brought them ice cream?!?!? Well crap, I've been out-done. Gotta raise the stakes a bit then....hummm...what is better than ice cream....

All the way from Lakewood in a cooler. I was wrong, it's sold in pints not quarts. It was Graeter's ice cream available at King Sooper (Kroger) but don't know if it's carried in the Boulder store. Sometimes you get huge chips of chocolate. I took them mocha chocolate chip.

Like I said, they're worth gallons!

[MartianDestiny]

All the way from Lakewood in a cooler. I was wrong, it's sold in pints not quarts. It was Graeter's ice cream available at King Sooper (Kroger) but don't know if it's carried in the Boulder store. Sometimes you get huge chips of chocolate. I took them mocha chocolate chip.

Like I said, they're worth gallons!

Swimming pools is more like it. Well now I definitely have to bake. I've been feeling guilty about not feeding them recently and now you've made me feel really guilty

[Kathi]

:d

[owlgirl]

I took them some Stella, and got some big smiles. They do their fits after closing and they were already drinking when I got there!

Anyhow, for anyone who wants to geek out on fitting stuff, my fitter said I was the first person who'd ever come back (?!?!?). I thought that was really crazy-but people around here call him the bike whisperer, and I know he's fixed some big problems for people. My problem was a little more subtle starting out, and I don't think there were any big glaring fit errors for him to fix the first time. The first time he didn't do any measuring but this time he did, and my R femur is longer (this is the leg that my knee always gets messed up on) so we moved my cleat back some so that leg isn't getting forced into an awkward position. I still feel like my seat is quite high but it was probably way too low before so it'll take some getting used to. Also my knee is angry so I'm not going to ride until it feels a little better but I don't want to make it worse. I have specialized BG shoes, with two shims in them and my knees still collapse so we added a third (4.5˚ correction total!!! geez) so we'll see how it all works out. I am supposed to call him if it's not working. He said the next step is to run my looks with red cleats instead of gray, and after that speedplays.

thanks again everyone! If I have to go again i'll be taking some baked goods. OH! and if you live near a Ben and Jerry's, today is free ice cream day!!!!