A slightly delayed update but last week I popped into Triatheletes Edge in Cambridge to have them "fit" the bike to me. The process started off with a very thorough measuring of me and a chat about riding style and intended use, then crunching all those numbers on the computer. From that we got a printout of the "ideal" frame geometry for me, which pleasingly is pretty close to what I have, and another couple of printouts featuring all the critical min/max/ideal positions for the various components.
Armed with the magic numbers Rob shuffled the saddle up a bit (something I knew needed doing) and forward by a reasonable amount (the reverse of what I expected), the stem down by a bit, rotated the bars up and the hoods down and invited me to give it a go on the turbo trainer. Initial thoughts were that it was very much more comfortable but that we needed to adjust the handlebar and hood rotation a bit more. Another couple of tweeks there and we were done.
The whole process took somewhere between 60 and 90 minutes but only cost 25 quid. A very worthwhile investment indeed.
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