Published by Tristan on 28 Mar 2009 at 09:32 am
Bike fit
I had a bike fit session done by Mike Anderson at Bike Hutt earlier this week. I’d been having some issues with my right knee and suspected I was sitting off to one side of the bike – not good. I know the basics of bike fit but this is a specialized area…self-analyzation is very difficult and the consequences of getting it wrong can be painful. Mike is an extremely knowledgeable guy and his shop in Upper Hutt is well worth the visit (just don’t buy any wheels from him :-p )
I was fairly sure that my saddle height and setback were OK and was more concerned with leg tracking which I suspected was causing my knee problems. The short-version is that Mike shimmed my left foot which was struggling with tracking – this leveled me out on the bike and allowed my right leg to do it’s job correctly and therefore cut down on it’s problems. My lack of core strength was also at fault: I don’t ride the trials bike, jump bike or bmx much these days and as a result have lost a huge amount of core strength and stability.
Changes in fit can take time to pay off, even small reasonably ones like what I needed. I’ve ridden every day this week and I feel pretty good but the test of time will be in a few more weeks to see if the right leg settles down.
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