Wow, where did you go? I've had my mtn bikes "fitted" 2x here in Denver.

The 1st fitting was when I bought my Titus and because of the price they did a full fitting. Probably spent an hour or more working on the fit. The fitter was very particular about how the bike was set up. Because of that fitting I realized my road bike really didn't fit, but that's another story.

The 2nd time the bike was fitted was 5 yrs later, I bought a new saddle from the very same shop that I bought the bike from. Attitudes have changed there, yes, they put the saddle on but when it wasn't right they wanted to charge me at least $85 to check my fit. I took the bike to my current fitter and not only did he get the saddle on properly he also raised my handlebars, new stem and made some other adjustments, all for a minimal charge.

Your BF sounds like my SO. My ski shop tells me that skis are good for 100 ski days, ski magazine says 75. My skis have 120 days on them so I'm looking at buying new ones. He keeps says "but at your weight (105 lbs) you could probably go well over 200 days.

One thing I really noticed on my old mtn bike that didn't fit is that my handling was affected. I ended up walking a lot of places that I would have been able to ride had my bike fit me better and I would have better skills than I do.