Road Bike Fit

[crashley]

Any simple guides? I have somehow stuffed my knee last year doing 150km on a loose cleat (i am confident that ride did the damage) and now can't get comfortable on the bike for even short rides (50-60k) without being in a lot of pain.

Obviously i will see a physio (and should have already) but in the meantime i want to be sure my cleats/post/reach is all as it should be - and i thoroughly resent paying my local shop £200 for the priviledge.

Cheers,
Ash

[millen]

This isn't too pricey https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bike-Fit-Optimise-perform...
I've borrowed a copy from a friend and found it covers most basics. Obviously there's tons of Bike fitting videos on youtube but it's hard to tell what's sound advice and what's not.

Another thought: there are very cheap phone apps like huldtechnique that allow you to take a short slow motion video of your pedalling action and bike position on an indoor trainer (even a gym bike if you don't have your own). Then with a cheap protractor or goniometer you can broadly estimate your knee angles at top and bottom of the pedal stroke etc.

Hope you're on the mend from the knee injury!

[bigdom]

crashley said:

Any simple guides? I have somehow stuffed my knee last year doing 150km on a loose cleat (i am confident that ride did the damage) and now can't get comfortable on the bike for even short rides (50-60k) without being in a lot of pain.

Obviously i will see a physio (and should have already) but in the meantime i want to be sure my cleats/post/reach is all as it should be - and i thoroughly resent paying my local shop £200 for the priviledge.

Cheers,
Ash

I'd start with curing the injury, sounds like it will be a process as you've left it this long.

As for self fit, have a look here: https://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/faq/

I understand the reluctance - I used to suffer knee pain, although depends on the quality of the fitter. I had one last year, nothing was radical although there were a series of adjustments to the main things, plus different shaped saddles (I tested a lot over 6 months!) pedal axle spacers, shoe insoles. I have no pain whatsoever now.

Bike fit is a journey, for want of a wky expression, mine has adjusted in the past 12 months as I've become more accustomed to the new riding position.