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Bike fitting service at Wheelworx

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  • 28-02-2014 9:22pm
    #1
    golfhead
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭


    Any one get a road bike fitting done at Wheelworx in Liffey Valley?

    Would you recommend it?


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    Onefortysix
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Onefortysix


    Yes and yes. Wasn't initial hadn't had one in a few years.

    Sound guy doing it. Very happy with results.


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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Onefortysix wrote: »
    Yes and yes. Wasn't initial hadn't had one in a few years.

    Sound guy doing it. Very happy with results.

    How does it work/what costs are involved?


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    Onefortysix
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Onefortysix


    Didn't buy the bike there. Was just using the service as a stand alone fitting.

    Had recently upgraded shoes and self installed cleats and was getting knee pain on longer spins.

    Rang up booked. €90. Welcome back for tune ups after. Knee is now fine and stem is lower so I feel cooler. And that's the most important. :)


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    golfhead
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭golfhead


    Onefortysix

    Did you get this done recently?

    How was the initial assessment done - was it done with a pen and paper, tape measure etc. Think I read somewhere that you can get a fitting done which entails computers, videos etc.

    Apart from the pain being sorted, did you find the fitting beneficial in terms of average speed, hill climbing general comfort on the bike etc.

    Did you go back for a follow-up session?

    GH


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    Onefortysix
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Onefortysix


    Had it done in the run up to Christmas.

    It was all done visually. No tape measure or computers. The bike had been set up with a measuring tape when I had the initial fit when I bought it.

    I'd had the bike 4 years. It's the same, my body isn't. Have been using it more and more and pushing out the distance/time as training for the W200. Wanted a slightly more aggressive position, a cure for knee pain and a general "health check" of my body position on the bike.

    I've certainly got a little faster/stronger but I'm pretty sure that's down to the increased training I'm doing. The fit was done to ensure that with the increased training I didn't pick up injuries.

    Have not had to return for a tune up but was left in no doubt that I'd be welcome if needed.

    Hope that helps


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    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    It was all done visually. No tape measure or computers.

    Can a visual fit be trusted at all? How about cleat angles and such?


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    Onefortysix
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Onefortysix


    I have no idea to be honest. Not an expert.


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    Alek
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    I hope they are ;)


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    Craig06
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Craig06


    Should still have a tape measure and tool for knee angles etc. base2race is the place to go. Dom is excellent.


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    onimpulse
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭onimpulse


    +1 for Dom in Base 2 Race. Aidan Hammond is also very good.


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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Craig06 wrote: »
    Should still have a tape measure and tool for knee angles etc. base2race is the place to go. Dom is excellent.

    Where are they based?


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    dragratchet
    Registered Users Posts: 690 ✭✭✭dragratchet


    Aidan Ryan @ UCD bikeshop did my fitting, very happy with it


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    ArdRi71
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭ArdRi71


    Had a fitting recently with Martin in Think Bike Rathmines. Highly recommend. Went from hybrid to first road bike. Bike feels perfect after fitting, racking up the miles over the past few weeks and no pain (at least not from the bike more to do with a spot of black ice!!)


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    macnab
    Registered Users Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭macnab


    I had the free bike fit done in Wheelworx in 2010 when I bought a bike off them. To be honest I would not pay for what they did.
    Its very much a visual set up, except for the plumb line he used to check that my knee was above the pedal spindle.


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    Craig06
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Craig06


    Base2race are in fashion city in ballymount.


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    #17
    snc
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭snc


    Hi all,
    I had a bike fitting done with Aidan Hammond yesterday and found him very professional. He has the full set up with the alignment tools/software so you can see videos of yourself before and after the fitting is done to see what changes he has made and how the angles improve etc. He's a Physical Therapist too so at the start he checked my hip alignment, arches in feet, IT band tightness and stuff like that.
    Turns out the frame of my racer is two sizes too small (bought in Wheelwork 3 years ago), i was completely hunched on the bike so he gave me a longer stem to help with the pain I was having in my shoulder and adjusted my cleats (only progressed to the shoes at Christmas) to alleviate some knee pain I was having. He's €120 for about 1hr 20 mins but well worth it...


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    meercat
    Registered Users Posts: 4,743 ✭✭✭meercat


    Cheers snc
    I'm booked in for a fitting with him next week. Seems to be a good system he has.


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