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YOUNG RIDER WORKS HARD – BEN DYBALL
Meet Ben Dyball. The pic is Ben in his brand new AIS national U23 outfit and the bike is his team bike. I first met Ben 2 1/2 years ago when he came in on the recommendation of Eddie Salas and Peter Milostic. Aussie readers will know who they are; Read more »
SEAT HEIGHT – HOW HARD CAN IT BE?
We source fit clients from all over. In January we had clients arrive from the U.K., U.S.A and various parts of Australia. Within that months total of fits, there was an issue common to 5 clients. All 5 had been “professionally fitted” (their words) and the major cause; or Read more »
THANK YOU JEFF ROBERSON
We get a lot of requests for help from the northern hemisphere. Many people cannot visit us in person and I attempt to do what I can via video. Sometime ago a gent from Hawaii named Jeff Roberson tracked me down. I don’t even remember what the issues Jeff Read more »
2010 Beer Of The Year
This is my official beer of the year for 2010. The judging panel was me, Geoff Semon and Mike Foster. What are our qualifications in giving this prestigious award to this Danish Imperial Stout? Geoff has ridden bikes on every continent and in most countries except for Africa and Read more »
BIKE FITTING PHILOSOPHY – BASIC PREMISE
All humans function asymmetrically. This is normal and the product of many things; differences in limb length, neurological, skeletal and muscular differences between the left and right sides; handedness, footedness, the dominance of one eye over the other and so on. We have evolved to walk, run and jump in Read more »
TORQUING
I’ve just finished a 2,000 km drive. I don’t particularly like driving but in this case there were 2 incentives. The first incentive was the trip to picturesque Bright for the Alpine Classic. If you have a fascination with hills, the Alpine Classic is the event for you. This Read more »
SIZE 32 SHOES ANYBODY?
The shoe on the right of the pic fits one half of the smallest pair of feet I’ve ever had to fit. It is a size 32. The size 44 Sidi and the 300mm steel rule are there to give you an idea of scale. The owner of these shoes Read more »
SCHERRIT KNOESEN
The good looking gent on the left is Scherrit Knoesen; pronounced Sherritt K noo sen. Scherrit and wife Corinne own and operate The Bike Whisperer in London, England. Their biz is similar to ours. The Bike Whisperer’s 3 strands of biz are bike fitting, mechanical and coaching. We substitute Read more »
WHY BIKEFITTERS SHOULDN’T CHEW THEIR NAILS
My index finger nail is one of my most commonly used fitting tools. If it isn’t long enough it won’t do its job. That job is to find the joint space of the 1st and 5th MTP joints; i.e, the joint space of the base knuckle of the big toe Read more »
TIM ROE AND TDU
The Tour Down Under starts today. Follow rider no.135 Tim Roe. Tim rode for LiveStrong U23 last year and rode well enough to attract a contract from Cadel’s team, BMC. This was despite having a left leg that he felt was not contributing as much as it should. In 2010 Read more »
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