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The State of Bike Fitting – Part 2: Over Reliance On Technology

Steve offers his insights on "The State of Bike Fitting" continuing on from Colby Pearce's recent article. Technology in bike fitting has become a profitable industry with many shops investing in the newest and greatest, but it alone won't make a bike fitter worth a rider's investment.

The State of Bike Fitting by Colby Pearce

SHBF Team member, Colby Pearce, shares his perspective of "The State of Bike Fitting" in this first of a two-part series...

Steve will be fitting in Austin, Texas in 2016

December 21, 2015
Steve Hogg
Bike Fit

Jerry Gerlich and Castle Hill Cycles of Austin, Texas will be hosting Steve for a working trip during 2016. If anyone is interested in having Steve fit them, please contact Jerry on 512-472-3605 or via jerrybikefit@gmail.com for details.

A TALE OF TWO (PROBLEMATIC) FEET by Jo Spindler

Five-time Ironman winner and current triathlete coach, Jo Spindler, takes us through the lengths he and triathlete, Diana Riesler, have gone to realise her athletic potential while remaining injury free.

VISIT TO SEVEN: September 2015

Steve recently traveled to the United States, and during his visit he toured Seven Cycles and met with several of its staff members. In this post, take a virtual tour with Steve and learn more about the people behind Seven.

September 12th to 22nd

September 11, 2015
Steve Hogg
Miscellaneous

G'day all, I will be away from work visiting Seven in Boston and the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas between September 12th and 22nd. During that time I will have intermittent email contact only. I will respond to Prime…

ANGUS’S EXAMPLE: People are not static

In this post, Steve shares the experience of one of his clients to make the point "if someone wants to ride to potential, they need to address their functional shortcomings and do the necessary work. Angus did and is riding well, largely through his own efforts and having the correct priorities."

(not quite) AUGUST FIT OF THE MONTH: Pelvic Asymmetry (mainly)

Jerry has an entertaining August Fit of the Month about working with a motor racing team (yes cars, not bikes) which is delayed for a few days. In the meantime, and to keep faith with FOTM watchers, here's a selection of some of the client pelvic and other asymmetries that I've needed to deal with in the last month or so.

THE CYCLIST’S TRICKY HIP Part 2 by Neill Stanbury

Neill Stanbury is back with the second part of his three-part article on hip / pelvis function or the "Tricky Hip" series. In this part, Neill will describe one of the natural sequelae of functioning with a dodgy hip socket or a CAM lesion – a posteriorly torsioned sacro-iliac joint.

International Bike Fitting Institute – Interview with Andy Brooke

June 26, 2015
Steve Hogg
Bike Fit
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Bike fitting is a largely unregulated industry. Unregulated in several senses. Firstly, there is a wide range of training courses available and claims are made by many training providers or people trained by those providers about the merits of the training.…