Bike Whisperer - Fitting Service & Workshop

It's a cracknfail?

That bit was obvious..

Actually a creakysnail
his bike shop had crossed the threads on his pedal with the crank
hence the creakenfail

Ah, that's right. LBSenfail

Scherrit had to stamp on the allen key to get my (evans installed) pedals out.

Clearly Cytech teach that pedals should be "bloody tight, then a bit more".

That bit was obvious..

One key thing that you may not have notice was a problem was the total absence of a decent groupset, I believe the bike was fitted with "Shimano", which sounds like some kind of cheap upstart trying to cash in on the new roadie fad.

Went y'day - had valuable advice, lovely cup of coffee, met the dog (sooooo sooooo soooooo in love with the dog), was given three numbers that will make a real difference to the confidence with which I buy my next bike, set up my next bike and hence enjoy my next bike. All for a pony.

Result - and recommended.

All for a pony? You got a pony too?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZm47SrmuwM&feature=related

The dog is very nice.

I didn't know Murtle lived at Scherrit's.

was given three numbers that will make a real difference to the confidence with which I buy my next bike,

Those three numbers, are they a 16 digit one, a date and a 3 digit number? Just curious as I left my credit card behind.

After all these great reviews, I think I'm going to book myself a fitting for my birthday :)

Couple of Qs for those of you that have been fitted....

Can you put your bike back in the whispered position if you have to replace any bits on it?

Should I wait until I buy some new shoes before having a cleat fitting? (I've got cheap ass DHBs at the moment and am saving for some SIDIs)

You'll get all the measurements on paper so you can replicate it at home when / if you swap parts

re shoes I haven't had mine fitted yet, but think it makes sense to get your new shoes first since you might need different inserts for different shoes

Awesome, thanks a lot

Only made a couple of posts but after my visit on Monday thought I should add to this Thread. Overall an excellent service and one I would recommend.

I took My Cervelo S1 with me to get fitted, turns out not to much was out, a slight adjustment to my cleats raised my saddle a couple of MMs and set up my tri bars a Despite not having to make many adjustments it has already made a difference to comfort.

When you leave you are provided with a list of measurements so you can re-create them on any other bikes you have, Scherrit helpfully takes you through where the measurements have been taken from to make it nice and easy in the future.

Also a really friendly couple, although I read the reviews I didn’t know what to expect but instantly you are made to feel comfortable.

All good, glad I found them and recommended. a nice personal service by enthusiastic people

Bike Whisperer

FTFW!

Hello!

I am going to this place soon. My knowledge of West London is pretty woeful so can anyone recommend a good route to take from Regents Park area? Or post a link to a printable route?

Help would be VERY much appreciated!

IFA

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=regents+park&daddr=Palace+Gardens+Terrace%2FA4204+to:51.507033,-0.249081+to:Pitshanger+Ln,+London+W5,+United+Kingdom&hl=en&geocode=FT8wEgMd2sP9_yHVN1vKg5c5VQ%3BFeT3EQMd_gn9_w%3B%3BFVs7EgMdRDr7_yltDFJWZRJ2SDGh27GcIW2rPA&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=13&via=1,2&sll=51.516221,-0.253029&sspn=0.072854,0.154324&ie=UTF8&z=13

West along Euston Rd, veer left at Old Marylebone Rd, continue along Sussex Gardens, turn left right at the end and then right to get onto Bayswater Rd (north of Hyde Park), continue along this heading through Sepherds Bush (right then left around the green to continue on Uxbridge Road for 10k though Acton. When you get to Ealing go passed the North Star pub on the left and take the right-hand turn only lane opposite M&S. Go along there passing The Haven pub and turn left at the end riding up Castlebar Road. Continue right to the top then turn right onto Mount Ave and immediately left onto Queens Walk. You'll hit Pitshanger Lane now.

Thanks. Much simpler than the route Google gave me.

What a day.

It been a year since my last confes.. fitting, the old bike, the 57cm square fixed wheel Bob Jackson was discovered to be too big for me, i.e. the top tube is 2cm too long, and while a shorter stem says, an 80mm with brake hood can solve this, it doesn't inspired confident on the handling issue.

A while ago I've managed to pick up a new (old) road bike that's likely to fit me better at 55cm square thus allowing me to run a 100mm stem, also was time to get fitted properly has I have a couple of issue;

- saddle's too uncomfortable, probably due to sitbones being very wide.
- lump just under the kneecap, Osgood Schlatter disease that hasn't heal up properly since childhood.
- general tweak and the like.

We spend quite some time discussing the saddle issue which hindrance the number of miles I wanted to do, and also has tried quite a lots of saddles which doesn't help, he suggested trying the 155mm Specialized Jett which they don't sell anymore, the main point is that the saddle is pretty firm, and have a good amount of sideway flex to put less pressure on the sitbones.
This isn't a long term solution or an end to world hungers, but it's getting there, don't feel that bad, and hasn't put in some proper mileage to see how it feel, but least it's something.

As for the lump on my knees, he referred me to a physiotherapy he recommended to see about helping to deal with this, my pedal effectively isn't quite effective so to speak, my left side is perfectly smooth and straight, but the right side is about as smooth as mumble's cycling when he's tipsy.
He managed to solved this by putting a wedge in my right shoes which made my feet feel like it's at a 45 degrees but it made a huge difference in effectivity (as well as adjusting the cleat), I slowly worry less about the bike and are able to concentrate on the road ahead of me, it's a wonderful feeling that is.

It's odd listening to someone speaking in such confident about solution (such as the foot wedge) and end up being perfect, naturally that to be expected of someone with vast knowledge and experience in bike fitting, but netherless an odd feeling.

The other thing I realise while getting fitted at the Bike Whisperer is more akin to going to the pub with a mate who's busy fiddling with a broken 70's radio trying to get it to work and end up making it pick up digital radio instead, it's quite nice having a chat while he's fiddling with the bike, rather than some kind of labs with all the expensive equipment that bloke love to fiddle with all their life.

It's vital that you should give him as much information as you can possibly give, the more information you give him, the better the idea he have about your problem and able to solve it.
It's not that he can't solve problem without your input, he can, but it's much easier and quicker by having all the information.

Overall the bike suddenly feel like it was custom-build for me, going to take a while to get used to the new position but it feel pretty good from Ealing to Wimbledon.

Great review. Cheers, Ed.

Ed you are bang on with the 'chat with a mate down the pub' thing.......thats exactly how I felt when I was there. Totally chilled out, felt completely at ease from the moment I stepped in the house. Great stuff

Deffo gonna see this fella before weighing out on my new frame. Cheers for the review.

sold. I'm booking an appointment as soon as I get back from Wales next week

I will never stop saying good things about Scherrit and Corinne.
I love this business.

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