Bike Fit Cape Town

Sometimes I wonder to myself should I be more detailed or can I be more detailed in what I do ? 

When I chat to other athletes I sometimes think “sh1t maybe I should look for that extra 1% too”.

One such area with regard to this thought process has been my bike set up. Some athletes I know are very sensitive to subtle changes in position whereas I have always just sat on my bike and if it felt right I went with it. My seat height for example has been set by placing my heels on the pedals and cycling backwards - the height adjusted to that position when my hips just begin to rock.

“This feels good, it feels correct”

or sometimes

“How can something that feels so good be wrong !? “

( I quite often think that to myself, but maybe that’s a blog for another time, or maybe it’s something I shouldn’t go into ? . . . . yeah . .  I should probably keep something’s to myself )

 I was reading Conrad Stoltz and how he has finally ’come out of the closet with regard to sports science’  . . . and stemming from that  it has become fashionable in Stellenbosch (and in Triathlonteam) to get a bike fit carried out at the South African Institute of Sport in Cape Town - Dan Hugo  had also visited the Bike Tinker as had Mari Rabie . . .  so I thought why not. 

What if I could buy an extra few watts too ?

I had a physio screen (thanks Mum and Dad for making me symmetrical), the numbers were pumped into a magic formula and my Specialized SL2 was then measured . . . .  the result ?  I was actually more sensitive that I thought. In fact my own senses had been given a thumbs up.

Initially I was a little disappointed that there were no free watts on offer (good job Specialized !) but then I actually felt good that maybe, just maybe, I knew what I was doing in the first place  - I guess I would have been annoyed had I been training all this time in the wrong positon.

I took the time out to find some extra % but it is February and so my main concern is the other 98% . . . on that note I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep

and miles to go before I sleep.

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