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Dropped $180 on a bike fit and my knees finally stopped screaming at me
I ride 11 miles each way to my shop in Sacramento and for almost two years my right knee would ache by the time I hit mile four. I just figured that was normal, you know, part of the deal. Then a guy I ride with told me to stop guessing and pay for a real fit, so I did, and it cost me $180 at a place near Midtown. Turns out my saddle was almost two inches too low and my cleats were angled weird, which is why my knee tracked all over the place. The fitter spent close to three hours on me, moved a bunch of stuff, and told me to ride easy for a week before judging anything. First commute after that I kept waiting for the ache to show up and it just never did, which honestly felt strange after so long. Two hundred bucks is a lot for someone who fixes furnaces for a living, but I'd pay it again tomorrow. Has anyone else here eaten the cost of a fit, and did the changes actually stick after a couple months?
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lee.diana21d ago
Sure, a fit can help, but paying someone to tell you your saddle is too low is not always the magic fix people make it out to be. In my experience the changes wear off because your body just adapts to whatever position it ends up in, good or bad. And three hours of eyeballing and moving stuff around is not exactly science, half these fitters learned it from a weekend course. Two hundred bucks on top of the bike, the gear, the tubes, the shop visits, it adds up fast for regular folks. Nine times out of ten the real problem is just too much too soon and weak hips, not cleat angle. Some of us do fine with a level and a plumb line and a little trial and error, so I would not tell everyone they have to open their wallet.
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