Proper bike fit is one of the single most important things for a competitive biker. When every pedal stroke counts its nice to know you and your bike are operating at 100% efficiency.
The past two yrs I have been lucky enough to have had Luke Way fitting my bikes for me. Luke is a fellow Jasperite who now lives in Calgary and operates TriWay bike fitting. His setup is second to none with lazers, live video feeds, wattage meters etc. When I leave his place I know my bike and I our working at optimum efficieny and I have one less thing to worry about for the yr. Thanks Luke!
Check out his site at http://www.triway.ca/
After last weekends sub-par results my perfectly fitting road bike and I took on the local race scene in Victoria on Sunday. I was a little nervous going into the Newton Heights hilly criterium as the course is just over 3 minutes long and half of that is a steep climb. Doing 15 laps of the course is the equivalent of doing 15 x 1.5 min max intervals with 1.5 min “rest” between.
Not too keen on doing an interval session I attacked on the first lap and set a high tempo for the race. Too my suprise nobody followed and after 13 laps I lapped the field and took the first victory of 2010! A low key local race is nothing to get to excited about but its definatly a confidence booster to know that the winter training has been effective thusfar.
good for you on the race, and I've always been happy with my fittings with Luke too – he's good.
Great job on the race! It's a good thing you are strong so that you can optimize your "mtb tactics" on the road.
Hello Loco Amigo. Congratulations for your result… It seems that yout winter trainning in Costa Rica, was not a very good idea! it seems that our nasty hills and trails helped you a lot. Take care and recover soon.
greetings
Good job !!! You're going to have an awesome season 🙂