The foot is three interrelated complexes, forefoot, midfoot and rear foot. All or any of these may need correction. And correction of one part has an influence on the others. I track this kind of stuff and find that a need for forefoot correction is not rare but not common either, whereas midfoot and rear foot correction is needed by something over 95 percent of the cycling population. So what method(s) do I suggest?
Meet Ben Dyball. The pic is Ben in his brand new AIS national U23 outfit and the bike is his team bike. I first met Ben 2 1/2 years ago when he came in on the recommendation of Eddie Salas…
We source fit clients from all over. In January we had clients arrive from the U.K., U.S.A and various parts of Australia. Within that months total of fits, there was an issue common to five clients. All five had been…
We get a lot of requests for help from the northern hemisphere. Many people cannot visit us in person and I attempt to do what I can via video. Sometime ago a gent from Hawaii named Jeff Roberson tracked me…
This is my official beer of the year for 2010. The judging panel was me, Geoff Semon and Mike Foster. What are our qualifications in giving this prestigious award to this Danish Imperial Stout? Geoff has ridden bikes on…
All humans function asymmetrically. This is normal and the product of many things; differences in limb length, neurological, skeletal and muscular differences between the left and right sides; handedness, footedness, the dominance of one eye over the other and so…
The shoe on the right of the pic fits one half of the smallest pair of feet I've ever had to fit. It is a size 32. The size 44 Sidi and the 300mm steel rule are there to give…
The good looking gent on the left is Scherrit Knoesen; pronounced Sherritt K noo sen. Scherrit and wife Corinne own and operate The Bike Whisperer in Newbury, England. Their biz is similar to ours. The Bike Whisperer's 3 strands of…
My index finger nail is one of my most commonly used fitting tools. If it isn't long enough it won't do its job. That job is to find the joint space of the 1st and 5th MTP joints; i.e, the…
