CrazyJames, you are comparing two places, one of which you know NOTHING about. How do you know your issues were unresolvable without wedges/insoles? Answer: You don't.
By all means be happy with your cyclefit but don't slate bike whisperer when your opinion is completely uninformed. You only started riding clipless a month ago ffs.
ANSWER: I DO ACTUALLY SMART ARSE!
I have had years of medical consulations from top consultants in the fields of ORTHOTICS, and osteology because of my injuries.
When discussing with my ORTHOTICS consultant my plans about 10 months ago to engage in more longer distance cycling than a casual trip to the shops (the same consultant who made my FULLY CUSTOMIZED CARBON COMPOSITE INNER SOLES that I use for powerlifting and sports/gym work), I was told very sternly that I would need specialist orthotics if I didn't want major knee issues in the future, due to the leg length discrepancy (around 2cm) and muscular issues I have.
I need orthotics to walk properly, sometimes I am just lazy and wear a WEDGE type insert in one shoe, but for any extended period of time, I have to wear the proper inner soles I had made for me otherwise my knees ache to fuck.
Just for you Hippy, here's a list of my leg injuries that effect my cycling:
Femur Fractures 4 clean through leaving the entire femur fragmented within the muscle, with a small portion (about a centimetre) turned to dust.
Resulting in around a 2cm leg length discrepancy.
Crush injuries sustained in my right lower leg, which later brought about compartment syndrome, compartments had to be relieved which involved cutting deep into my right lower leg and seriously wrecking loads of muscle tissue, along with fracturing some small bones I think?
It took me a year before I could feel anything in the lower half of my lower right leg again, and nearly two years before I regained feeling in my foot, such was the extent of the nerve damage.
I also still have issues with the muscles that stabilize my right ankle and foot, probably always will....
The two above injuries alone required 6 operations in total, they spent 5 hours putting my left leg back together, and I came within minutes of losing my right lower leg twice.
Oh yeah....and I have some minor Tendon Damage in my left knee (well minor these days it was pretty major at the time), from a snowboard crash.
So in summary, I went with Cyclefit because I felt they offered the more complete package, i'm not slagging off thebikewhisperer, as I said I just think that cyclefit offer more, and are justified in their increased price.
I would wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone.
ANSWER: I DO ACTUALLY SMART ARSE!
I have had years of medical consulations from top consultants in the fields of ORTHOTICS, and osteology because of my injuries.
When discussing with my ORTHOTICS consultant my plans about 10 months ago to engage in more longer distance cycling than a casual trip to the shops (the same consultant who made my FULLY CUSTOMIZED CARBON COMPOSITE INNER SOLES that I use for powerlifting and sports/gym work), I was told very sternly that I would need specialist orthotics if I didn't want major knee issues in the future, due to the leg length discrepancy (around 2cm) and muscular issues I have.
I need orthotics to walk properly, sometimes I am just lazy and wear a WEDGE type insert in one shoe, but for any extended period of time, I have to wear the proper inner soles I had made for me otherwise my knees ache to fuck.
Just for you Hippy, here's a list of my leg injuries that effect my cycling:
Femur Fractures 4 clean through leaving the entire femur fragmented within the muscle, with a small portion (about a centimetre) turned to dust.
Resulting in around a 2cm leg length discrepancy.
Crush injuries sustained in my right lower leg, which later brought about compartment syndrome, compartments had to be relieved which involved cutting deep into my right lower leg and seriously wrecking loads of muscle tissue, along with fracturing some small bones I think?
It took me a year before I could feel anything in the lower half of my lower right leg again, and nearly two years before I regained feeling in my foot, such was the extent of the nerve damage.
I also still have issues with the muscles that stabilize my right ankle and foot, probably always will....
The two above injuries alone required 6 operations in total, they spent 5 hours putting my left leg back together, and I came within minutes of losing my right lower leg twice.
Oh yeah....and I have some minor Tendon Damage in my left knee (well minor these days it was pretty major at the time), from a snowboard crash.
So in summary, I went with Cyclefit because I felt they offered the more complete package, i'm not slagging off thebikewhisperer, as I said I just think that cyclefit offer more, and are justified in their increased price.
I would wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone.