Sidi shoes

Sounds like a happy customer.
When I was racing I looked into Kennedy (Melbourne). Some people love him, some people hate him.
He tried the hard sell on me whilst on the phone, before I'd made it to the shop. I never took it further.
I've read other reports about cyclefit and they sound quite different although provide a similar service.

My concern is that the bike I loved is in storage 15,000k away and so anything I buy here is experimental because I don't have the measurements from my old bike.
This is why a fitting here is looking like a good option - it'd mean I could buy something knowing beforehand it will fit. My old shop would let me ride bikes for days before deciding - I'm sure most places don't do that here?

The Ribble was meant to be a cheap (£480) stand-in option until I shipped my bike over or, more likely, bought another. I just can't stand paying full retail in a store that only lets you ride around the block!! No contacts in shops here means I have no loyalty and no trusted sellers. There's a few places out west that will do bike fits but cyclefit seems to get more good press.

The stem I fitted to the Ribble helped - no numb hands on 80k ride and another 30sec off 10mi TT time (I'm slow, I'm not a tt'er) but I still had pins and needles in my hands after that 10mi TT (no aero bars, just drops). Switching between the Raleigh track bike (54cm top/80mm stem) and the Ribble (58cm top/90mm stem) can't be helping.

I've yet to get a BCF membership so I'm not even racing, meaning getting a race bike fit may not be the best option. What if I get a license and hate it? It's been two years and much has changed so I wonder if I should go for some interim fit. If I could be comfy over 200k they could have my first born.. ;)

I am a happy customer. And Cycle Fit are a league above other shops. They're not pushy, they just love their cycling and want to help anyone else who loves cycling get more out of it.

I'm probably pushy, I keep raving on about them ;) Shit, they should be paying me for all this good press!

Maybe they are... ;)

At least now it's not a double post.. stupid network failure blah blah

hippy Maybe they are... ;)

Next time I go in, I'm going to point them this way and ask for a discount.

Actually I wouldn't. I'm too grateful to them for the difference they made in my cycling. Plus they're a small independent shop. I get a discount as part of my London Dynamo membership, but I don't always ask for it. It depends how broke I am.

and how much is the fitting?

Not cheap as I said: £150 for fitting.

Prices here: http://www.cyclefit.co.uk/prices.html

It depends how you view it though. If you have a bike you love but nagging doubts and want to get more out of it... then the fitting is cheaper than mucking around buying parts, experimenting, or buying a new bike.

But if you think you've got everything dialled in and are only curious about having a fitting. You are probably going to view this as being bloody expensive (well, until you get the results and see the difference).

I procrastinated for ages about having my fitting. Probably about 10 months of considering it, dismissing it, looking around, ending up on their site again, considering it... etc. I nearly didn't, but in the end I decided to treat myself and see how it would go.

velocity boy
It depends how you view it though. If you have a bike you love but nagging doubts and want to get more out of it... then the fitting is cheaper than mucking around buying parts, experimenting, or buying a new bike.

What if you have a bike you're not even that fond of and would gleefully cast it aside for something better, faster, lighter, stronger.. ? :)

velocity boy I procrastinated for ages about having my fitting. Probably about 10 months of considering it, dismissing it, looking around, ending up on their site again, considering it... etc. I nearly didn't, but in the end I decided to treat myself and see how it would go.

Only 10 months.. it's been about 6 years of wondering for me :D

i'm glad i had a fitting when i brought my condor even though they didn't get it 100% right.
as soon as i sat on the rig they said "so your a MTB'er then?" but they got me to straighten my back and sit properly, the fitting isn't as in-depth as a cyclefit but then it's not £150. i was surprised that i only ended up with a 55 as i am 6ft1 (short legs/long arms,body), if i had walked into an ordinary bike shop i would have picked a 56-58 purely because of my height. they gave me a 100mm stem but when a friend saw the bike (he writes for cycling weekly/cycle sport) he said "your stems too short you need a 110, possibly a 120".
condor changed the stem over without question and on riding from the shop i immediately realised that with the shorter stem i had been shifting around on the saddle and bending my lower back forwards and backwards to get comfortable, now with the longer stem there is only one back position and that is straight and it's now comfortable, i can't believe 1cm has made such a massive difference.

i now keep the same back position when climbing on my mountain bike and have just about rid myself of the back trouble i was having, basically i was bending my lower back and compressing it at an odd angle with the weight off the bars and on my back going uphill.

i would recommend anyone buying a bike (especially an expensive one) to get fitted at a reputable shop.

Anyone in these parts been fitted up by MERCIAN....?

I am buying from them a road track

I have opted to fly to Derby to be fitted for the frame

anything I ought to know before I go...?

velocity boy I made a mistake on my Bob Jackson. I provided the Cycle Fit numbers without taking into account the raised BB. So whilst the Jackson is absolutely perfect when I'm riding, it's a bit freaking high up for stops, starts, feet down.

I meant to ask - what does the raised bb do to the measurements? If I had a Bob Jackson fixed built based on cyclefit numbers what needs to be adjusted? Did you just spec toptube and seattube lengths and let Jackson fill the gaps?

hippy [quote]velocity boy I made a mistake on my Bob Jackson. I provided the Cycle Fit numbers without taking into account the raised BB. So whilst the Jackson is absolutely perfect when I'm riding, it's a bit freaking high up for stops, starts, feet down.

I meant to ask - what does the raised bb do to the measurements? If I had a Bob Jackson fixed built based on cyclefit numbers what needs to be adjusted? Did you just spec toptube and seattube lengths and let Jackson fill the gaps?[/quote]

Won't raising the BB for the same saddle height make the seat-tube shorter...? the one that gets me is headtube angle and fork rake...!@#??

Don't forget trail and offset. (Or is that the same as rake?)

hippy [quote]velocity boy I made a mistake on my Bob Jackson. I provided the Cycle Fit numbers without taking into account the raised BB. So whilst the Jackson is absolutely perfect when I'm riding, it's a bit freaking high up for stops, starts, feet down.

I meant to ask - what does the raised bb do to the measurements? If I had a Bob Jackson fixed built based on cyclefit numbers what needs to be adjusted? Did you just spec toptube and seattube lengths and let Jackson fill the gaps?[/quote]

What I gave Bob Jackson were the numbers I thought they needed... not every number Cycle Fit gave me (as I thought that was overwhelming and might lead Bob Jackson to build me a road bike not a track bike). So it was the distance from centre or BB to saddle, angle of seat tube, distance from top of seat tube to head tube, distance from saddle tip (I told them I was using an Aliante) to top of stem, etc. Basically anything that gave my position on the bike I gave them. Anything relating to the build or handling of the Serotta I didn't give them. So I didn't give rake, trail, head tube angle, etc.

So my Jackson is perfect in terms of riding position... it's just a couple of inches higher than my Serotta. Doh!

It doesn't change my position when rolling, just the fact that I have longer to reach when I put my foot down. It's an inconvenience I can live with. The bike is lush.

damn now i really want to go get cyclefited... i just like people pointing lazers at me

thought I'd briefly resurrect this thread - Wiggle have a got a 25% sale on at the moment including Sidi shoes and my road shoes are falling apart and the cleats won't stay on and it's track season coming up, so... do you think these look like a good deal?

Using speedplay X pedals so it's got to be a 3 bolt mounting.

seems pretty good to me. are you going to walk about in them though? walking in road shoes is simply ridiculous.

although people on here have said it's not a good idea to buy shoes without trying them on first - makes sense to me as well!

not for walking - got other shoes/pedals/bike for that.
I was going to go into a shop to check the size and then (gasp) buy them online - does that make me a bad person?

...

well I don't think so - I've spent thousands of pounds at [famous london bike shop] so the least they owe me is a shoe fitting..

Try before you buy.

ha ha send CONdor my regards!

Just got a pair of Sidi Genius 5's and they fit like a glove.. really nice :)
Also got the Dura Ace-adaptor plate, because i wan't to use the shoe with Time Atac's and would like to be able to at least walk down the stairs with them.. :)

But, the adaptorplate is really bulky, and since the shoe actually does have holes that would allow me to mount the cleat directly I was wondering if anyone know a product that's a bit like the plastic-things that come with these Shimano-cleats:

Something that would protect the cleat and allow me to walk in the shoe without to much trouble..

cleat covers?

those tings are called pontoons, they are not available to purchase on their own. You'd have to buy some chimano cleats for them, but they are only £12, palm off the cleats to someone else.

looked into getting some before i realised it was a waste of time adapting my road shoes, i needed some sidis. they are the shit. get dominators, wont regret.

chain reaction cycles have 37% off most sidi's at the moment. my recommendation would be to buy a larger pair, I brought a pair but they are too small so need a larger size .

http://www.londonfgss.com/post134499-44.html