Originally Posted by cocar

I don't doubt that the fitter could be better, but to be fair, it's complicated. The fitter definitely knew something was wrong, but it's pretty hard to pin it down just looking at me and taking measurements. It was hard even for the orthopedist. Here's why. It's a functional leg length difference, not an actual difference.

My two legs are the same length. When I was born, on one side, I had a normal hip. On the other side, I had a normal "ball" part of the ball and socket hip joint, but no "socket". Where the socket (acetabulum) was supposed to be was completely flat. They figured this out when I was a baby and couldn't crawl. So, since my bones were still soft, they put me in a brace for a year or so force my pelvis to mold a socket around the ball. Which worked---it just didn't line up level with the other side. My hips are not directly across from each other, creating the discrepancy. Nobody realized this had happened until I flunked a scoliosis screening test in middle school.

But for a fitter to just measure my legs, they will measure the same length, because my femurs and tibias are the same length. But when I sit on the saddle and pedal, or stand up, right leg is functionally longer.


So, I have no doubt that I need to find another fitter, but how to find one that actually understands what's going on, I'm not sure.