I have known Danny for as long as I have been racing bikes. Not quite 20 years, from when I was a teenager. Danny had retired from being one of the best professional riders of his era before I could even ride a bike. Now in his 60’s and looking for even more Australian and...
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My Feet aren’t straight, is that a problem?
I often write off the back of customer enquiries post-fit, when they leave, but are left with one of the concerns they had when arriving. I have a favourite quote, that I first heard from Nathan White of Cobra9 Cycling Podiatry – “If you are pain free, I can not make you more pain free”....
Then vs Now – has much really changed?
Then vs Now – What has changed in bike fitting within my lifetime I have been playing with the principals of bike fit for nearly 10 years, and riding bikes just short of 20, so it would be completely fair to say I am not new to bikes. I started young and had enough talent...
IM Busso – Getting Schooled
Standing on a beach with 1600 other people staring out to the end of a jetty, I had to wonder….. What encouraged 1599 other people to want to do this? 3.8km swim, 180 ride, 42.2 run. I didnt ask anyone else, we all had our reasons. Mine was to understand Ironman, first hand. I had...
Undertrained: Foolish, Brave, Prepared
Its 7 days today since my first Tri, and my body is letting me know I was right. Ironman deserves respect for its magnitude as a physical effort. Training to do an Ironman deserves to be very difficult. Undertraining and still doing the event is very foolish. Bussleton is quite easily the hardest event I...
The worlds UGLIEST bike
There are plenty of rules surrounding bikes and what is popular convention. Personally, I think I hate the rule that says you need you stem “slammed” at all costs. Slammed: stems bottom edge directly in contact with the lowest possible point on the fork steerer. No spacers. The rationale for many is that this is...
My event is this weekend – PANIC
Today is Tuesday. Bussleton Ironman is THIS WEEKEND. I’m looking in the mirror, and I don’t like what I see. I see a body under-trained. 20 times a day fo rthe last 2 weeks I have thought about 3.8k swim (If i can swim straight), 180km bike, and 42 point 2 kilometers on my feet....
When You Move Your Hips, Just Like This
This ties into “The SMP effect” but is true of anyone who aspires to a better posture on the bike, and less back pain. Mrs Skeleton in the video below demonstrates the change within the pelvis (concentrating of the difference in femur head placement) during the forward bend of the torso using correct technique. Sadly most...
The SMP Effect – Part 1
Ask anyone who has gone to see a serious Bike-Fitter, and they will probably will often say: They wanted me to change my saddle. I almost re-financed the house to pay for it. And honestly, there’s every chance they are talking about me. If you don’t want to change, that’s ok. But I will do...
Expectation Management 101
In my initial line of question apon acquainting myself with a new client, I ask a pretty open question. “To consider today a success, what would we achieve or what issue would we solve?” Particularly in the more race orientated clients, the responses regurgitate the slogans and cliche’s the bike industry has made famous. More...