rami_arna

I recently had my first professional bike fit which was a retul done in my LBS. Took an appointment that was 5 days away due to being full booked. The sales executive told me it would take two to three hours.

On the day of the fit the whole thing took 30 minutes. They did nothing drastic that I couldn’t do myself. Not to mention the fitter trying to just sell me more things like oval chainrings.
The only benefit I got was they suggested a wider saddle which was more comfortable than my current saddle. Other than that, in my opinion, unless you are a very inexperienced rider you can figure out most of the measurements with trial and error and using some basic methods and formulas.

SethAZ 

Hmm, I just read the paceline article, and the original Dave Kirk blog post from 11 years ago, and I'm going to try that experiment with lifting the hands later today. My saddle position is currently essentially KOPS, at a decent height, and I've generally been satisfied with my self-performed fit, but I'll give it a try and see if that shows me I need to re-think. I've read quite a bit about fitting issues in the past and thought I could self-fit well enough, so I've never considered a professional fit. With no physical symptoms I'd link to improper fit I haven't questioned the wisdom of this approach, but I'm wide open to new ideas. I'll also have to pay attention later on to see if I'm arcing my knees at all. I don't think I am, but I've never paid attention to it, so I may be surprised. I do have quite a bit of weight on my hands when I'm riding, but I've always chalked that up to me just being a very heavy clydesdale of a rider. If I can reduce this by some seat adjustment that might be just the ticket. Anyhow, thanks for those links!