Bold owes me a dollar and a donut!

Bolder said...

"if nothing else, the bike fit will give you confidence with your ride.

bet you a dollar and a donut they lower your handlebars and your saddle."

Went and got my bike fitting last night. I kind of knew what to expect with listening to Simply Stu's podcast and talking to the bike shop. On my way there B tried to convince me I didn't need the fitting that CK could do it for me. But I know those guys are busy training for Ironman Nice so I figured as long as the bike shop promised I could come back and tweak as much as I wanted I would go for it.

They assured me it was a one time fee and that as I progress as a rider they will work with me to keep my bike fit to me.
















They took some measurements on this wild looking device. Just put this bar between your legs, Yikes :) After measuring all my stats he plugged that into a computer and spit out two drawings. I got to keep those but it is all foreign to me.

We set up my bike on the trainer and he adjusted my cleats. Both shoes the cleats were a bit far back.





















After he adjusted the cleats he used some tool to adjust my seat height. He moved it way UP. Not sure the exact change in height but a pretty significant move. Had me get on and pedal for a bit then checked my knee angles. We adjusted it a bit more until it felt comfortable and was within the desired range. (Not sure what that is but he told me I was in the middle of the range and that's good)

After we got the shoes and the seat adjusted we moved on to aerobars. He took the ?risers? out of my arm pads. I think this was so I could get more aero but I am not sure. While he was doing this he also fixed my ghetto rigged computer, teehee. You mean not everyone has theirs rubber banded on?

Once he fixed the level on the arm pad things then we looked at length of the aerobars. He shortened them a bit. So now I don't feel like I am stretching so far forward. With the significant change in seat height and the shortened aerobars he decided not to adjust the handlebar height.

This was also probably because I don't want to be in an extremely aggressive position on the bike. I am a runner after all.

I decided to get some new tires since the ones that came with the bike weren't all that fancy and the small amount of trainer time I have put on them has definitely shown.

I am not really sure what I got, but he explained the pros and cons of a few different tires and these fit what I desired. Longer lifespan (more miles), higher pressure (less rolling resistance), and something about the sides that makes it handle curves well (safer). Oh and as a bonus? they are red. They didn't have any of the kind I wanted in black. Not sure how I feel about the red but we'll go with it. Had him throw in a bento box for a little added blog bike porn. Enjoy.




































As he was putting on the new tires and finishing up I was getting my gear around and ready to go.

I grabbed my backpack and the zipper gave way throwing all of my stuff all over the floor. So I am madly trying to scoop it all up and as I get to the last item I realize my bra is still sitting on the floor. Ooops. How embarrassing. The poor fitting guy. He is like if your bag is broke I am sure I can find you something to throw your stuff in. Haha as I am clueless to the fact that my bra is just sitting there in plain view. Always the drama queen.

Between the fitting and him fixing a few things on my bike and putting on the new tires I was at the bike shop for about 2 and a half hours. Not too shabby.

Can't wait to take my bike out onto the roads and try everything out. Too bad its snowing today. And I refuse to use the new tires on the trainer, and am too lazy to put the old one back on the rear because it should be getting nice out soon. (I hope!)