On-Bike Fit Process
The Feet
- Ascending Technique: Starting with feet and working up
- Proper tools(Wedges, lifts, cleat screws, foot beds, extras of everything)
- Cleat in line with strike pad
- Proper arch support(footbed)
- Stabilized in shoe
- Rotation of cleat for torsion
- Feedback from the rider
Back End
- Saddle Height & For / Aft done together
- Reference to flexibility / Length of femur / Athletic goals of rider as well as riding style
- Fine tuning on cleats after saddle height & For / Aft is acquired(for appropriate Q factor, leg alignment – wedging internally or externally, and minimizing knee wobble
- Feedback from the rider
The Saddle
- Issues must be addressed – Private medical questions
- Physical involvement in assessment of tuberosity on rider’s saddle
- Questions of saddle comfort and pressure / relief along with friction (proper chamois!)
- Continually throughout fit ask about how saddle feels as position changes (Nose up/nose down)
- Feedback from the rider
Framing
- Create an “A” frame with rider(to be sitting on skeletal system)
- Cockpit positioning is dependent on desired shoulder and hip angle
- Reference to flexibility/Core strength / for / aft / Athletic goals of rider/tipping point as well as riding style
- Correct pad width in conjunction with shoulder width allows deep breaths and better airflow around rider
- Feedback from the rider
Fine Tuning
- Extensions added for natural hand position
- Adjusting twist of Pads, aerobars, and bullhorns
- Regardless if the numbers are perfect, the rider must be happy & comfortable
- Feedback from the rider
Fit
David Greenfield is certified with the following:
