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Is it worth it to do a bike fit with flats?

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 04:11:29 No.1681215 View View Reply Original Report

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I ride pic related and I keep getting harassed by all the cool cyclists on how I should get clipless pedals. I tried them for a while and I hated them, did not feel safe at all. I have a hard time doing centuries because back problems so I thought doing a bike fit but is it worth it if I just ride with flats? Or should I hold until I get comfortable with clips?

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 04:21:22 No.1681216 Report

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>>1681215
>cool
>cyclist
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 04:33:10 No.1681217 Report

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>>1681215
It would still be worth it, just make sure you get one from a person with a background in physical therapy. A bike fit mainly establishes how high your saddle is, how long your reach to the bars is, the height and width of the bars, where you place your hands, and where your foot should be on the pedal. Really cool fitters will measure leg length and recommend orthotics if they differ too much, which will help you with everything. Anyway, the actual interface between foot and pedal doesn't matter.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 04:41:17 No.1681219 Report

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>>1681216
guy looks pretty cool

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 05:40:58 No.1681229 Report

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>>1681215
Setting your saddle height/ position shouldn't be complicated if you read about how to do it and then adjust for feel.
Back problems are likely caused by excessive reach/ drop, easily discernable by symptoms that you ride often on your curved ramps or tops or never in the drops.
experimenting with higher/ shorter stem is not hard.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 05:43:31 No.1681230 Report

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>>1681215
post a pic of your bike.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 07:03:51 No.1681243 Report

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>>1681215
get clips with more than 10 degrees of float, yuil not have to worry so much about adjustment then

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 07:05:07 No.1681244 Report

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>>1681217
Ok because I kept seeing (clipless pedals recommended) so I wondered if it was worth it with flats only

>>1681230
It's in the OP, CAAD12 hydro

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 07:15:17 No.1681246 Report

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>>1681244
>*CREEEEEEEEEEEAK*

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 09:04:22 No.1681265 Report

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>>1681244
>It's in the OP, CAAD12 hydro
yeah but we're talking about -your fit-
what relevence is a stock photo?
like, you say you have back pain. Do you think it's because your position is too aggressive? We could discuss whether there is actually adjustment to be made there and what it might be.

It's also your thread. If you start a thread on an image board to discuss your bike you might as well contribute some OC about it

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 21:08:04 No.1681494 Report

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>>1681265
Well the relevance is that it's my bike and maybe a road bike fitting is worth more than a mtb? With flats I mean. I did a 50km ride which is unusual for me since I mostly do 10 to 20km rides with a hybrid bike. Maybe that's what put the strain on my lower back? It's already a little sensitive from past injuries. Aside from that, my sit bones hurt really badly it was almost unbearable in the end. But no chaffing, no knee or wrist pain idk

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 21:11:26 No.1681495 Report

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>>1681494
if you post a pic of your actual bike there might be some obvious suggestions like handlebar tilt, hoods positioning, saddle setback etc

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 21:20:11 No.1681497 Report

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>>1681495
Ok I'll post it in 10min. It's a size 52, I'm 174cm with an 80cm inseam and ok flexibility

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 22:16:59 No.1681524 Report

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 22:21:26 No.1681528 Report

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 22:24:02 No.1681533 Report

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 22:26:28 No.1681538 Report

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Hope it helps

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 02:13:36 No.1681588 Report

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>>1681494
>a road bike fitting is worth more than a mtb?
there are lots of different kinds of bike fits. A lot of bike shops will do you a 15-30 minute fit for not much money.

you definately shouldn't get an expensive roadie fit but I would ask around about getting -some- fit help.
Your setup definately isn't too aggressive though. I'd say a large part of it will be conditioning and that simply riding more, especially about your sit bones, will help. Try to concentrate on riding smoothly and keeping on top of gears.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 02:18:28 No.1681590 Report

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>>1681215
You know you've had too much reddit when you're trying to justify paying $400 for something you don't even know the purpose of

Let me guess it's for your grabble bike?

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 02:51:32 No.1681603 Report

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>>1681590
it's just zoomer logic where the only services and goods that exist are ones advertised online with quoted prices

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 06:54:03 No.1681650 Report

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>>1681497
Size 52 is a bit small for 174cm. Typically people your height would be on a 54. But, back pain is usually associated with being too stretched out on a bike, while knee pain is caused by being too scrunched. Your bike setup doesn't look too weird, although I'd check your knee extension angle when your leg is fully extended on the pedal stroke. It should be around 140°

Another possibility is that you could have a weak core. Cycling uses the core heavily but doesn't actually strengthen it. This article goes into it a bit: https://cyclingtips.com/2018/10/lower-back-pain-from-cycling-why-it-happens-and-how-to-prevent-it/
>>1681590
Did you actually read the thread or were you so exited to get your super cool snarky remarks in that you skipped that part?

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 08:26:04 No.1681667 Report

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>>1681528
saddle might be a bit low? measure your pubic bone height and multiply by 0.883

https://www.rivbike.com/pages/pubic-bone-height-how-to-measure-your-pbh

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 11:54:55 No.1681698 Report

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>>1681650
Ask me how I know you bought your first bike in June 2020

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 11:57:01 No.1681699 Report

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>>1681667
>rivibike

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 12:00:25 No.1681702 Report

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>>1681698
How do you know they bought their first bike in June 2020?

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 17:42:25 No.1681811 Report

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>>1681215
I used to ride without foot retention, but there’s always going to be that one time that you slip and rack your nuts. I ride with toe clips and straps with regular shoes like converse now. I always hated clipless too. As far as your back pain, that’s tough. Sounds like you’re just a little soft if your ass was hurting too. I would try raising your saddle in 1 cm or so increments until your hips have to rock down to pedal, then dial it back from there. That’s your saddle height. You can measure all you want but sometimes you just have to do trial and error. Also consider that your bike being aluminum/disc/31.0 bars is about as stiff as a bike can be. I think that’s why they push the gravel meme with 40mm and up tires because modern alloy disc frames are just fucking uncomfortable. My last piece of advice is trade it for a steel road bike. It sounds like you’d prefer to be more comfortable, in my experience AL disc road frames are just gonna jackhammer your taint, destroy your balls and leave you feeling stiff everywhere else.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 17:57:23 No.1681817 Report

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>>1681811
I learned a trick that works with my body, I don't know about the rest of the world.
I stand next to the bike and line up the top of the saddle about a cm higher than the center of the curvature of my hip.
It's close enough to perfect for me.
But biology is a bitch and your body might have different proportions.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 18:06:32 No.1681821 Report

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>>1681817
that's probably a decent method compared to the beginner-unfriendly methods that tell you to put your heel on the pedal (could easily fuck it up by several centimeters) or to go purely by trial and error. but it can vary depending on the bike's geometry (bottom bracket drop and seat tube angle) and tire size. i prefer going by pubic bone height.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 18:46:00 No.1681834 Report

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Rollers and mirror = the best trial and error based bike fit system.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 19:07:40 No.1681839 Report

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>>1681821
>beginner-unfriendly methods that tell you to put your heel on the pedal (could easily fuck it up by several centimeters)
Huh? Heel on pedal leg fully extended, means slight bend in leg when pedaling with the ball of your foot. How do you fuck that up by several centimeters? Seems much more reliable rule of thumb than something that varies with individual physiology as well as geometry and setup of any given bike.

>>1681817
It's good to have a personal benchmark like this though, as a starting point for rough initial saddle height adjustment. I line up the saddle with the top of my hipbone.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 20:38:42 No.1681857 Report

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>>1681839
good luck having your hips perfectly level while doing the heel thing. that method is a shitshow and leads to beginners riding with the wrong saddle height because they're blindly guessing about vague concepts like hips rocking or knees overextending. the 0.883 method and similar methods are more concrete and get you within half a centimeter or so of your ideal saddle height.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 20:43:39 No.1681858 Report

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the rivbike even has a method using subtraction for the mathematically impaired who struggle with multiplication. shilling overly casual noob methods is just pointless arguing that doesn't help OP. those types of methods are probably what led him to set his saddle height a bit low (to my eye) in the first place.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 20:47:25 No.1681859 Report

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cycling generally has a lot of kooks, try to be a bit more self aware. even if you found the best saddle height for you, OP might struggle more than you did.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Jul 2021 20:51:09 No.1681863 Report

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and with road cycling shoes there's a big difference in stack height between the heel and the cleat so you get inconsistent results between that and flatter normal shoes

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