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Just thought I'd post a quick write up then..
So as everyone knows/realises/has heard Scherrit is a legend. Properly friendly, great chat and great coffee. His workshop/room is amazing and contains pretty much everything to build a bike with you can imagine. It's all boxed, shelved and lined up and looks like a room of hidden treasures!
As per his email (which I can forward to anyone interested) the day is split into different sections. Firstly he takes a very thorough history (I'm a medic and was pretty impressed) and then a full skeletal exam taking into account some very specific points and movements. He then measures up the bike on the rollers and gets you on it to warm up (with more coffee...). Feet are next and he spent a long time sorting them out even though mine were pretty much normal as he put it. Some insoles in both and a wedge in the left, slight adjustment of the cleats and voila, the difference was and is unbelievable. Much less movement in the actual shoe and it certainly feels like I'm getting the power down much better.
My main issue was sliding forward on the saddle no matter on the type, position, seatpost, stem etc. Unfortunately this is one area which left him stumped. He adjusted everything to my ideal measurements but unfortunately the problem persists. The saddle we changed to an SMP Dynamic which did improve things but it's still not ideal. I really hate to say it but the bike never felt right from the start and so far, even though it's improved, it's still not right. It rides amazing in all fairness but my position on it just never st correct.. Scherrit was really surprised and quite unsettled that Roberts didn't put me onto a bike jig thingy as purely measuring the body doesn't provide enough info. I did wonder about this at the time aswell.. Hence overall I could say I'm kinda unhappy about the fact that things aren't fitting but Scherrit will have me back for free sessions as and when needed and we'll see if we get to the bottom of this. Overall though I thought I'd be able to get on a custom frame and ride it without problems but this was not to be..
Scherrit, on the other hand, is an absolute legend and whilst not cheap he does his job amazingly well and I would certainly recommend him..