Bike fitting in Cheshire/Merseyside?

[doctornige]

Flip the stem,and raise the drops a little up towards you. This should give you a more upright riding position,resulting in more weight on your saddle than your wrists.
If the saddle is cheap - invest in a better one from the money you will not have wasted with a bike fitting

Now, you see, that is the OPPOSITE of what Richard at Pedal Precision did for me. To reduce wrist pressure, he dropped the bars, pitched them up a shade and lowered the brakes. He then told me to drop my elbows a tad. The result is extraordinary. Instead of my back operating as three lumpy parts with the anterior portion a deadweight on the bars, the core muscles and smoothed-out spine improve the total efficiency of the trunk and REDUCES the load on the wrists and shoulders. These biomech guys do know what they are on about, and changes that the suggest can be counter-intuitive if you don't know your anatomy.

YMMV

N.

 

[Rob3rt]

Eddie McGrath in Urmston.
Freeride Cycles in Disley

 

[BikeLiker]

Vita cycles do a bike fitting on the Wirral, I think it's £45 and takes just over an hour. My mate has just had it done, and he says it's made a big difference. It's worth going just to see the shop.

A few of our club members have used Paul Hewitt and have been happy with the service.

Dave

Vita have gone bust, I think.

 

[BikeLiker]

there's a specialized concept store in chester

I went to the Specialized store in Chester to book a fitting. The guy got me to sit on the bike, told me to get a 10mm shorter stem and that everything else was fine and there was no need me for me to pay for a fitting. Certainly good value if nothing else. The stem made a big improvement.