Recommend a good bike fit?

MrTomEC

Does anybody have experience of a good bike fitting service?

I'm planning to move from a fairly basic alu bike (Specialised Allez) up to a grand and a half or so of carbon fibre. Partly I'm looking for something with overall better quality components but I'm also after a ride that is a little softer and more forgiving.

With this sort of an investment in mind I want to get a really good fit for the new bike, the shop that the Allez came from followed the approach of "how does that feel, try this stem, put your saddle down, that looks about right". Ironically they are a specialist road bike shop and do offer a fitting service but every time I enquired about booking a fit they muttered about it all being very expensive, that it would take a lot of time and then sugested I try another new stem. They rather failed to grasp that I wanted it it take lots of time and was happy to spend some money, I rather suspect that the guys in the shop have been trained in a firing system, havn't actually done many fits and don't really want to get involved.

So I'm after recommendations from anybody who has had a proper bike fit that was worthwhile. I'm based near Oxford but don't mind traveling 50mi or so to get a really professional service, I'd be interested to hear how much people have spent on fitting also.

Many Thanks.

smidsy

Adrian Timmis, Cadence Sport (nr Burton on Trent).

Ex Tour rider and excellent knowledge. £150 including footbeds. Takes upto 4 hrs depending.

mallorcajeff

As above and stop looking

Grill

As others have said, AT at CS is your man. If you need one sooner than he can provide it then Andy at Bike Science is very good.

meesterbond

I was pretty impressed by Jon Dennis at Velomotion in MK.

wavefront

+1 for Adrian!

I took a day off work and drove miles to get a fit with Adrian. Turned out to be worth every penny!

My shoes now fit so much better thanks to the beds, and I have shims on my cleats which have sorted my leg angle (knees used to be so close to the crossbar). My position used to feel stretched, and bizarrely on video looked very upright. Now I feel more upright and comfortable, but on video I look more stretched and more natural, with my core weight being supported on the saddle rather than trying to 'prop' myself up with my arms. Major adjustments made at the start of the session, down to mm's at the end.

Sadly I think his prices have now gone up and he's booking months in advance ....

carl69

Richard at Pedal Precision at the velodrome in Manchester did a great job on me and others I, ve talked to. Also gave some useful exercises to help with back problems on the bike. Very knowledgable and nice bloke as well.

sandyballs

Had 2 slipped discs and a snapped achilles tendon, had bike fit with Adrian Timmis, mainly since i am from Burton on Trent. Excellent guy, there is a large thread about him, get no pain and have never felt better on a bike.

CStar

Any recommendations closer to Reading /Bracknell area?

paul2718

I can recommend Ben Price of kineticvelo.co.uk.

He is based somewhere off in the fens but from time to time has days doing fits at Baines Racing, Silverstone.

http://www.kineticvelo.co.uk

Paul

HiDidleyHi

Mike Veal at BikeDynamics in Leamington Spa.

Went a couple of weeks ago and the bike is now so much better.

k3vinjam3s

Struggling to find a fitter in the north east if anyone has any suggestions

rich164h

smidsy wrote:

Adrian Timmis, Cadence Sport (nr Burton on Trent).

Ex Tour rider and excellent knowledge. £150 including footbeds. Takes upto 4 hrs depending.

+1

RDB66

Anyone know of a place around Suffolk/Essex ! Im near Ipswich and close to the A12.

All the fitters seem to be Tup North...well the best ones it seems.

Dicky.

Dorset_Boy

It would be great to have a list of different quality fitters in different parts of the country.
Any good ones in Dorset / up to Bath, across to Salisbury and down to Southampton area?

MartinB2444

Another vote for Adrian Timmis. Nice shop as well.

nicklloyd

CStar wrote:

Any recommendations closer to Reading /Bracknell area?

Filipe at Athlete Services in Henley knows his stuff and great guy.

http://www.athleteservice.com/retul-fitting.asp

nicklloyd

k3vinjam3s wrote:

Struggling to find a fitter in the north east if anyone has any suggestions

Jon Dennis has moved from Milton Keynes to North East. He is the Retul university coach and works for Retul directly teaching fitters so he knows what he is talking about.

This is his new setup

http://www.physiohaus.co.uk/retul/

CStar

nicklloyd wrote:

CStar wrote:

Any recommendations closer to Reading /Bracknell area?

Filipe at Athlete Services in Henley knows his stuff and great guy.

http://www.athleteservice.com/retul-fitting.asp

Thanks and I had a PM recommendation too.

mistertommyt

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Scherrit Knoeson at The Bike Whisperer, Ealing.

He's brilliant.

BobScarle

Might be a bit far off for you, but Epic Cycles in Ludlow are excellent. I had a bike fit there at a cost of £75 (two years ago), although it is free if you buy the bike from them (which I did).

MrTomEC

Thanks for all the posts guys, great to have so many personal recommendations.

Grill

I've had a fit at Epic. Not as complete as BS (retul) or Cadence but still very good.

drlodge

mistertommyt wrote:

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Scherrit Knoeson at The Bike Whisperer, Ealing.

He's brilliant.

I'm seeing him on Wednesday with both my bikes