This is a primary thread to discuss Bike Fitting methods and issues. I will edit this lead post with useful links for starters. Feel free to post your questions and issues, and we will do our best to address them. A bit about me: My bike fit interest started back in 1997 with the Fit Kit Syste…

Good episode from the Zwift Power Up podcast (although it originally appeared on the Zwift Power Up Tri podcast). Features Jim Manton from ERO Sports on bike fitting, aerodynamics, etc. and the evolution of bike fitting. Agree 100% with his point re: forearm positioning, etc. I have been beating t…

I listened to this back originally and loved the revisit too. Jim is an awesome person and fun to listen to.

This is a quick question, and maybe the answer is really obvious. I got an SL7 a few months back and I’ve wanted to get a bike fit for a long time, more so now because I want to chop off my stem, but I’d like a 2nd opinion on the fit before I do that. What if one of the suggestions from the fit is …

I’d say check with your LBS to see how they can handle it. This is one of the reasons I am kinda anti-integrated front ends…sure, they save a few watts and they look sexy as hell, but adaptability sucks. Bike fit is dynamic and changes over the course of time, sometimes even with the same season. I…

What advice can anyone give regarding numb has that is not increase stack height? I already have a ton of spacers and I’m out of steerer, don’t care to flip the stem, ugh. I just had a fit and I’m still dealing with some lingering numb hands and I just can’t imagine that my body is so far out of w…

It is almost impossible to diagnose the issue w/o a picture of you on the bike. As noted in the previous post, numb hands are usually a weight distribution issue. You have too much weight on your hands / arms and you are holding yourself up, putting pressure on your hands.

And yes… one more thing, I had a lot of hand numbnes caused by wind and deep section wheels combo because I was holding the bars too hard.

[10. kesäkuuta 2021] First time on a TT bike. Any tips what to tweak before first ride?

Not really a tweak but you want to be comfortable looking forward rather than staring at your front wheel. You lift your head once but on the road you want to be comfortable doing this all the time. I’m no expert on hip angles/ saddle heights and only go on hip rocking as an indicator that somethin…

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blind76 June 6, 2021, 9:33am 906

Stack is not the couse of numb hands, it is weight distribution, try to move a saddle a bit back or down and move cleats a bit

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