Very interesting thanks!! The last bit about offset seat posts is spot on. When I got my bike fit the saddle had to come forward pretty much as far as it could go, because of the offset seat post. The manufacturer (BMC) makes a zero offset post, of course due to the proprietary ‘D’ shape, I have to buy it off them. List price is like 250 CHF !!! Dammit.
@ If you can get one! I reminded myself of this by typing my comment, went to look for the part, seems to have disappeared from BMC’s website catalogue. Had to send a query in. Hopefully the local distributor has one in stock, or can obtain one. It’s not essential, so I could save myself the money, but if I ever need to bring the saddle forward any further, I’ve got no more adjustment room.
I can def relate to adjusting saddle height per session. I can only train on the upright bikes at the gym and saddle height in 10mm increments is literally the only adjustment available. More or less settled on two heights, the lower is harder on the hamstrings, especially the left, but it's getting better with training. The higher setting is a bit harder on the quads and eventually my right knee hurts. I always have to change at some point if I'm trying to do 90 min or longer. Interesting video anyway, fit, posture, training or anything related is always good content!
now oddly i went for a highly recommended bike fit after riding for many years, and found the set up I had mirrored the bike fit perfectly, three other mates had the same , not that we are brilliant at setting up bikes, I think the biggest issue is the willingness to change and try things as your body shape changes and as your riding develops, the starting point should surely be to encourage riders to change things, stem, saddle, cleat postion etc etc, we all change and your position needs to adapt, I ride the same bike for road and cyclo-cross, I can say that the the set up for both is different, and for example of the cyclo-cross course is sandy or muddy will effect the position as well. The biggest issue in my opinion isnt the set up but the way riders actually pedal. That could be a whole new video keep up the high quality vids !
Thanks. I think I would counter slightly and say we change, but the antidote to that change is to build activities like Pilates, yoga and weight training into your life.
Having had some (trade-related) experience of this I think we are often too easily lead into thinking a part upgrade/change/marketing can solve our problem when really we need to look deep within ourselves for answers. For example, 5 years of hard-earned Strava data on my local D/H run confirmed I could not better my best run-times, however three months off the bike and focussing purely on Thai-Chi then took a consistent 4 seconds off the best times-this transferred into the road/cyclocross bike, at which point an advanced bike-fit would likely be an advantage worth pursuing….
I love bike fit stuff its fascinating, i think it takes a few years riding to get the right fit, i would imagine 75% of road riders have a bad fit due to saddle height, cleat position or bad fitting shoes, i would love a change of career and train to be a bike fitter but wouldn't know where to start, an industry standard or recognised qualification would be a great idea
Very interesting thanks!! The last bit about offset seat posts is spot on. When I got my bike fit the saddle had to come forward pretty much as far as it could go, because of the offset seat post. The manufacturer (BMC) makes a zero offset post, of course due to the proprietary ‘D’ shape, I have to buy it off them. List price is like 250 CHF !!! Dammit.
Oh wow. Yes. That’s one way to make extra profit.
@ If you can get one! I reminded myself of this by typing my comment, went to look for the part, seems to have disappeared from BMC’s website catalogue. Had to send a query in. Hopefully the local distributor has one in stock, or can obtain one. It’s not essential, so I could save myself the money, but if I ever need to bring the saddle forward any further, I’ve got no more adjustment room.
The video hits the spot in terms of improvements on the bike. I recently became a member of RCA to learn from Neil Stanbury.
Mega video! Very informative between two roles
Glad you liked it!
I can def relate to adjusting saddle height per session. I can only train on the upright bikes at the gym and saddle height in 10mm increments is literally the only adjustment available. More or less settled on two heights, the lower is harder on the hamstrings, especially the left, but it's getting better with training. The higher setting is a bit harder on the quads and eventually my right knee hurts. I always have to change at some point if I'm trying to do 90 min or longer.
Interesting video anyway, fit, posture, training or anything related is always good content!
Interesting observation. 1cm range is pretty big.
now oddly i went for a highly recommended bike fit after riding for many years, and found the set up I had mirrored the bike fit perfectly, three other mates had the same , not that we are brilliant at setting up bikes, I think the biggest issue is the willingness to change and try things as your body shape changes and as your riding develops, the starting point should surely be to encourage riders to change things,
stem, saddle, cleat postion etc etc, we all change and your position needs to adapt, I ride the same bike for road and cyclo-cross, I can say that the the set up for both is different, and for example of the cyclo-cross course is sandy or muddy will effect the position as well. The biggest issue in my opinion isnt the set up but the way riders actually pedal. That could be a whole new video keep up the high quality vids !
Thanks. I think I would counter slightly and say we change, but the antidote to that change is to build activities like Pilates, yoga and weight training into your life.
Having had some (trade-related) experience of this I think we are often too easily lead into thinking a part upgrade/change/marketing can solve our problem when really we need to look deep within ourselves for answers. For example, 5 years of hard-earned Strava data on my local D/H run confirmed I could not better my best run-times, however three months off the bike and focussing purely on Thai-Chi then took a consistent 4 seconds off the best times-this transferred into the road/cyclocross bike, at which point an advanced bike-fit would likely be an advantage worth pursuing….
Totally agree with this. Thai- Chi, Pilates etc. whatever method gets the joints moving, balance challenged etc. well done.
I love bike fit stuff its fascinating, i think it takes a few years riding to get the right fit, i would imagine 75% of road riders have a bad fit due to saddle height, cleat position or bad fitting shoes, i would love a change of career and train to be a bike fitter but wouldn't know where to start, an industry standard or recognised qualification would be a great idea
As a rider who is pretty much always between medium and large, I am always in the window 🤔
@@johnlesoudeur3653 yeah i have a long torso and short legs! i get into trouble with seat-to-pedal dimensions and stand-over height.
so good!
Thank you.
Good info but less editing please.
I don’t mind the editing but there are little clicks in the sound when edited. I’m sure they’ll get better at editing over time!
The audio on my mic was toast. This was the best redirection we could do.
Hopefully we just need to get better at recording audio
Bikefitters are like barbers..........................whenever you go to a new one , they will say your last barber cut your hair wrongly !!!
There is a lot of truth there.
The one you’ve payed the most money for 🤣🤣🤣
Oh no, not another bike fit video. The Internet is full of them.
The internet is full of everything...
@@Mapdecfull o sh*t😂 mapdec rules 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This one's actually quite good - it covers a lot of discussion that I just haven't heard much of on others.
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I'm afraid it's way worse , it's 19mins of gaslighting the poor viewers into thinking they need a bikefit.