Bike fitting experts promise: less pain and more performance. Instead of investing in new carbon fibre parts, amateur racers and touring riders should invest 200 euros to get one step closer to their perfect riding position. To make this work, bike fitters address the problems, localise them and try to make the rider merge with the bike. You can find the entire article from BIKE 12/2014 as a PDF download below.
This is what a professional bike fitting looks like:
- Physical requirements The expert gets an idea of the patient's measurements, complaints, biomechanical conditions and orthopaedic misalignments (e.g. pelvic obliquity or bowed splayfoot).
- Muscular status quo The bike fitter then analyses shortened muscles, imbalances and restrictions in mobility (e.g. shortened back of the thigh).
- Video analysis The ride on the roller is filmed from behind and from the side. In slow motion, you can later see, for example, tilting movements of the hips, rotations of the knees and foot misalignments in certain pedalling positions.
- Pressure measurement A force measuring sole measures the pressure distribution of the feet in the shoe. Ideally, the pressure peaks on the inside of the ball of the foot should be the same on both sides.
- Evaluation/customisation Based on the data collected, the cleat position, saddle height, saddle angle and seat position are adjusted and, if necessary, parts such as stems, handlebars or saddles are replaced.
Bike fitting experts: the most important addresses
Mahacek bicycle biometrics
Brunnenstrasse 8
65812 Bad Soden
www.machacek-fitting.com
Laboratory for bicycle biometrics Gelnhausen
Am Ziegelurm 12
63571 Gelnhausen
Laboratory for bicycle biometrics Berlin
Uhlandstraße 73
10717 Berlin
Tel: +49 (30) 49 0003-55/66
info@sensomotorik-zentrum.de
Radlabor Munich
Implerstr. 7
81371 Munich
www.radlabor.de
Radlabor GmbH
Schwarzwaldstr. 175
79117 Freiburg
www.radlabor.de
Radlabor Frankfurt
Werrastr. 4
60486 Frankfurt
www.radlabor.de
CycleFit.de
Nibelungenstrasse 100
64625 Bensheim
www.cyclefit.de
Dealer overview of Bikefitting.com
www.bikefitting.com
gebioMised
Johann-Krane-Weg 21
48149 Münster
www.gebiomized.de
Mountain stage - The bike shop
Kupferdreher Strasse 112
45257 Essen
www.bikefitting-profis.de
Synergy ProTraining
Seehofstraße 102, corner of Dahlemer Weg
14167 Berlin
www.synergy-protraining.de
Sports Ergonomics Consulting
N5
68161 Mannheim
www.sport-ergonomics.com
Bike Academy Berlin
Charlottenburger Straße 4
14169 Berllin
www.bike-academy-berlin.de
GL8 Sport
Sports science institute in the medical centre
Luisenstr. 8
51399 Burscheid
Tel. 02174/6600258
www.gl8-sport.de
You can read the detailed bike fitting story from BIKE 12/2014 in the BIKE app (iTunes and Google Play) or download the issue from the DK shop reorder:
