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@dancing james
Just spent the day with @scherrit having a fit done to dial in my mamil chariot. It turns out my fit has not changed a great deal since I saw cyclefit many years ago. This is despite the following additional problems since my previous road bike fit - another knee meniscus operated on, sciatic nerve problems and compartment syndrome that needed muscle and nerves to be debrided from one leg. New wedges fitted under one heel, saddle raised and pushed back a fraction more and cleats moved a little further back. Front end of the bike needed no adjustment whatsoever.
When I bought the Cannondale from Sigma sport they did their simple bike fit - measuring height, leg length and a couple of other proportions and sticking the data into a computer. Their suggested frame size was a 58, I still bought a 56 bike from them as it's geo was pretty much identical to my 3 other road bike frames. The bigger frame would have been the wrong size, too long in the top tube and would have resulted in an 8cm stem (but the stem would have been slammed - big fucking deal).
Instead the bike I have is absolutely spot on and this reminds me how much the measurement only systems are not adequate.
Similar to @starfish&coffee I would not have been able to work out the heel wedges (and actually they are hard to come by) for myself. My speedplays did need the extension plate to move them further back which I doubt I'd have done. Saddle raising and moving back were just a few mm and might have happened over time if I'd been tweaking it myself. Also @scherrit helped with alignment of my time actac cleats for one pair of my shoes so I can replicate that position on other shoes for my commuto x and fixie skidder bikes.
It was a delightful day and felt utterly worthwhile. Trying to make the tweaks myself would probably have resulted in a fair degree of trial and error and would have taken a long time and possibly some additional expense. As ever with the Bike Whisperer there is the option of further visits if any problems arise over the next three months for free.
It was also good to see the rest of the clan, I met my now fiancee when I confused her dog for Fettle - the Whisperers hound. So it was great for all of us to meet up again with our mutually expanding packs of mutts and all go out for dinner afterwards.