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@@BikeyBike glad you liked it! 🙌

Once you’ve discovered these, you can’t wear anything else! 👌

@@David-s3i9m thanks!

The gravel scene is incredible out here too! It’s got it all 🙌

@@ecopennylife finding the best shirts for you definitely helps 👍

@@dh7314 💪💪 indoor training can be extremely efficient 👌

@@chuckhunter77 a lot of people watching this will envy you greatly! 😅

Both lucky and an example of average as mean getting it right - maybe you have sit bones, reach, legs, and feet that are spot on the top centre of the bell curve of position on a bike. How far and for how long do you ride? The old statistic of shirt collars: 100 people, average size 16, 49 people size 17 and 50 size 15, the size 16 collar fits just 1 person. I've also been pretty fortunate with just a couple saddles in 50 years being utterly unsuitable - I still have one - it was a high level saddle when I bought it maybe twelve years ago. It seemed to be perfect with just the right width for my sit bones. Trouble is, the sit bone width was worked out when sitting on a pad on a bench in the shop, not when reaching forward on a bike. The saddle itself is probably the correct width but the wings stick out a bit so they rub the inside of my thighs, wear out my shorts, and bruise my legs, so I don't use it and never got around to selling it. Meanwhile, the cheap saddle that came with my bash about town Orbea urban bike is perfect for several hours riding with casual cyclist friends, especially since I seem to have got everything right: saddle height, reach to bars, flat pedals that let my feet settle in their perfect positions, and trimmed 30mm of each bar end. Once we get past about 40% of people finding stock saddles are right for them, we hit 60% for whom it's all wrong, they ride a few times, then give up. I've seen a few friends and acquaintances over the decades transform from grimacing about getting on their bike to grinning from ear to ear with delight... just because I adjusted their saddle height, angle and set back. Occasionally, I try them on one of my old saddles so they end up buying the right one for them. Bike fit must be a huge factor in people sticking with their bike once they haul it out of the shed

@@Neilhuny thanks very much! Happy to help 😁

@@ucdcrush all to do with the balance of your body weight distribution in relation to the bike

I don't think it happens necessarily, but it could and be caused by a) the need to make room for the back of your thighs, which go further back relative to the saddle once you "open up" the hips by pushing the saddle forward, making the rear of the saddle feel wider than before and/or b) less anterior rotation in the pelvis, which could again mean that now your saddle feels more comfortable in a different spot, I would say from my experience that without changing the saddle tilt for instance this different spot often ends up further forward, as you get less support from the front of the saddle effectively. All this seems sound to me, but I imagine it depends a lot on the saddle that you are using and of course your physiology

There a few counter-intuitive aspects of setting up a bike. See the two comments before mine

@@levestane6383 couldn’t have put it better ourselves 😅

No, the results should be consistent. I.e the customer gets the outcome they are after (symptom relief, efficiency increase, etc). The method in which those results are achieved can vary 👍

@@UKBikeFit Semantics. By result I mean the result of a bike fitters fitting session - i.e. a customer may get a longer or a shorter reach as a result. In both cases fitters would argue that will be the solution to all of the customer's problems. Same as the customers of an astrologist or a acupuncturist - naive people are happy with the placebo they are being sold.

@@Hard_Work_Is_Rewardingbut that’s the point that the video is making 😅🙈 Why are you judging the outcome of the Bike Fit on the bike measurements? The outcome of the Bike Fit should be judged on whether that individual has achieved the outcome they wanted. Would you judge a plumber on the type of piping they used, or would you judge them based on whether your leak is fixed or not? 🤷‍♂️

@@blazwecycling it’s just a question of value. Some people would pay a hell of a lot more than £300 if they had a pain/injury that was ruining the enjoyment of their hobby, or stopping them from riding with their mates. I won’t even start breaking down what goes into a Bike Fit. If I did, you’d soon see that £300 doesn’t go very far when we’re providing the service we provide, and running a small business! Maybe that’s a topic for another video? 🤔

​@UKBikeFit 100% agree with you. I think some - perhaps many - people who criticise the cost of services provided by small businesses forget that the provider is a small business. You're not just charging £100 an hour for a 3hr fit (using the £300 example) to put in your pocket. You're trying to cover rent and outgoings for the shop, equipment, software subscriptions, websites and hosting, furnishings, potentially staff costs for those that don't charge their own fee and a multitude of miscellaneous costs. And then you pay tax. Ideally, stock of saddles, stems, shoes, etc pays for itself and generates profit over time, but initially, and occasionally for large restock orders in the future, all that money comes out of your own pocket.

@@UKBikeFit I understand most bike fitters are small businesses, and it’s fair to set their prices for their expertise-customers are free to choose to pay for it. I realise not all businesses need to cater to every customer. I’m also aware of what happens during a fitting session and it varies between fitters. I’ve had a few sessions myself. When I was new to cycling, I bought an £850 bike. I came to UA-cam for advice, as most would do, and it was the £300+ fitters saying the most. (I'm not mad. It's marketing. That's the game). Asking for 35% of my bike’s value felt wild. I’ll likely delete this later, as I don’t want to seem like I’m attacking you. It's just thoughts I have. I feel that some fitters make cycling seem overly complex (not you) and expensive.

@@jasonhurst2491I get this man. Business expenses differ and every service is free to set its charges. I'm trying to reconcile how another business 33 minutes away, offers a similar service for half the price 🤷🏿‍♂️

@@Pedal_of_Attrition no, sorry. But check the IBFI website to see if there are any accredited Bike Fitters near you. That’s always a good place to start 👍

@@BikeyBike thanks! ☺️

not really for an aero bike

It's about 7kg, maybe he's just got a cyclist build

Size???

yeah like 7kg shouldn't really be a trouble for a full grown man

He’s just got cyclist arms 🤷‍♂️

Madone gen 8 SL7 ....7.9 kg without pedal...not very light for 7.000 euro !!😅

@@conorquinn6357 I used to have all the things she described after drinking vast quantities of beer. So I stopped drinking booze. 👍

@@davidcawthorne7115 ye for sure.but I mean how soft are people paying money because they lack sodium.never even knew sodium was an issue lol.

Try to win anything in road cycling on flats smartass.

It is spelled "shoes" not "schoes".

Is this satire or not dude 😅

@@jurekgadzinowski2895 nope, it’s the reality of the cycling industry, which is mainly about selling you stuff that really makes no difference to your performance. Like the myths of circular pedalling, narrow overinflated tyres, clipless pedals and so on.

​@@robappleby583this is just science moving forward. Give it ten years there'll be a new development that optimises even further. And yes there is obviously a power transfer penalty between any stiff soled shoe and any non-stiff soled shoe. Your choice whether you use it or not, no one is making you.

@@hendrixinfinity3992 keep believing.

Bro, crocs or not faster, you know damn well that’s bullshit. Over inflated tires are slower in most cases unless your on an indoor track, then your gonna want them as full as possible