NYT Article on bike fitting
11-20-08 | 11:48 AM
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NYT Article on bike fitting
This was posted in the Northern California BF, but thought the C&V crowd would enjoy this too:
Ouch, My Knee! Is There a Bike Fitter in the House?
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Ouch, My Knee! Is There a Bike Fitter in the House?
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11-20-08 | 12:16 PM
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On another forum there was a post by a 5' 2" rider who did one of those professional medial bike fitting things (at who knows what cost), and the professionals determined that her road bike needs 170 mm crank arms. If I had similar proportions, that would put me on 197.5 mm crank arms. Oh, my!
