Old 08-18-20 | 11:34 AM
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mack_turtle
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From: Austin, TX

Bikes: Surly Karate Monkey, Twin Six Standard Rando

you can do most of the fitting yourself if you take the time. you'll do it much more efficiently if you can stand the bike up in a stationary trainer. use the videos in the link I posted above. set the cleats, then the saddle height, then the saddle for/aft, then set up the handlebar, shifters, etc.—in that order. it's not hard to find a stationary trainer locally on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace for cheap.

if your professional fitter tries to establish your saddle fore/aft by hanging a weight on a string from your knee, RUN. get out of there. that's some old wive's tale fitting technique called KOPS (knee over pedal spindle) and it's nonsense. it can be useful as a point of reference and can be used as a quick baseline fit, but it's not scientific. I've worked with a fitter who used that method and the fit was absolute trash. again, those videos in the link I posted above are helpful in dispelling the Myth of KOPS. Steve Hogg and a few others have gone into detail about this as well.
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