BikeFit Pro day 2

Yesterday was day 2 of BikeFit Pro school. I was able to take pictures this time around since I wasn't the test subject. The picture below is a PowerPoint presentation on my fitting from the previous day.We spent the morning analyzing my fit from yesterday and discussing triathlon fit. We discussed the reasons for the way we fit triathletes and how to do it perfect.

We had a few local triathletes come in to be fit. We went through the full process with interviewing all the way to foot/knee/pedal alignment. The test subjects were shocked by the results.

Like most cyclist and triathletes they had the usual pains and aches in the beginning. There is absolutely no reason to feel and pain on a bicycle. People think this is normal and accept it.

Pictured above is our test subject without any foot/knee/pedal alignment. Now above is the test subject with proper cleat placement cleat wedges and proper insoles. He feels more solid and fluid in his pedal stroke. We didn't just convince him that its right either, hes a chiropractor himself and he saw the light and felt the difference. It was fun to resolve his issues.

Above is Katie. She has had some serious alignment issues in the past. Years of injury and surgeries have knocked here hips and feet out of whack. She has even tried out many different shoes and insoles from many different brands in the past. We assessed her feet and legs and figured out how to wedge her feet.

Just to give some background on Katies fit situation. Katie has been fit by 4 different specialist in the past including me. Now that I was armed with the education and knowledge on pedal interface we were to try fixing her. Me and the class were able to apply it to Katie and we set her up on the bike.

Katie got to riding and was speechless. She was shocked and didn't have words for us. She felt phenomenal. She was beyond excited. Her feet felt solid on the pedals and her feet wouldn't go numb. We tossed out he current foot beds and put some new foot beds in.

After we finished with our hands-on fittings we had a final meeting and discussed what we do and asked and answered questions.

So far, this is the best bicycle fitting school I have attended. I have a few more fit schools on my schedule. Paul Swift, Katrina Vogel and the rest of the BikeFit Pro crew do a fine job. I left completely satisfied. I cant wait to apply these new fit methods.