Finally!! Victory! In the end, my bike fitting adventures.

For years I have been searching for a fix for a issue with my left hand going numb after 13 miles in the saddle. I have been to three different Retul fitters who weren’t able to help with the issue, despite their fancy Retul software and sensors telling them I am within ‘recommended range. a

According to them there is something going on with my left hand that is a medical problem and so, nothing to do with them.

This was not the case though. The problem is that the Retul fitters depend on software only to guide them when fitting the client. For example each Retul bike fit that I had previously lasted no more than two hours. The bike fit that I had with Steve Hogg & Jerry Gerlich, the proprioceptive assessment and reset took 3 hours by itself. Let that sink in for a little, then understand that Jerry Gerlich spend 4 hrs on my feet alone. All the the previous Retul fitters agreed that I had a shorter left leg but!! their Retul software told them it wasn’t a problem because it was less than 10mm.

Steve Hogg and Jerry Gerlich both strongly disagreed and I now disagree as well after their great success with me. I have never been more comfortable on my bike.  I feel like I am a part of my machine. I have never felt more stable on my bike it’s absolutely amazing!!

And guess what?

For the first time in years no numbness in my left hand.  Beautiful!

Let me say this; what I taught was a bike fit from the Retul fitters, it doesn’t even begin to compare to my bike fitting experience I had with Steve and Jerry . Steve helped out from Australia via Whatsapp with proprioceptive assessment and ‘system reset’ and meeting Steve was truly a pleasure.

Jerry Gerlich did my feet, bike adjustment etc and all the rest of the bike fitting  Working Jerry was an amazing experience. I want to include this photo assessment from Jerry Gerlich and his finding of my shorter left leg.  One Retul fitter told me, after having me to go to a therapist for 3 months that my leg lengths were now even.  Look for yourselves at this photo, do my legs look even?

I will be putting up a video shortly on YouTube about my bike fitting experience with Steve Hogg and Jerry Gerlich. To the cycling community there is more to bike fitting than you think.  My experience with Steve and Jerry opened my eyes to the truth about bike fitting. I drove 1100 miles each way to have my bike fitting done by  Jerry with help from Steve. Yes it was expensive, but it was worth every penny because now I look forward to riding my gravel and road bike more than ever.

The Steve Hogg fitters are truly like no other, during my bike fitting session I was like – What in the world?

How did you that?

How is that possible?

How did you come up with that?

There are only a few of these guys through out the world and I strongly recommend any of them. People spend thousands of dollars on wheels and electronic shifting etc. but what’s the sense of all that equipment when your position on your bike is holding back?

Think about that being able to go the distance with speed and comfort is an amazing experience! According to Steve Hogg ridding your bike should be easy, and that’s my testimony now after having my bike fitting done by Jerry and Steve! These guys are the truth!

Go see them for you bike fitting needs you and won’t regret it.

Romeo Fowler.

G’day Romeo,

thank you for taking the time to pass on your experience with Jerry who deserves the lion’s share of the credit as I only chimed in ‘virtually’ for some of the specialist stuff. Your fitting experience do date sums up a common problem. Retul users usually know little or nothing about how humans function on a bicycle and because of this lack, uncritically accept what the Retul software tells them…………..because they don’t know any better. If they did, they would not need a Retul.

After our initial email exchange it was clear to me that pedaling with an uncompensated shorter left leg was the most likely reason for your chronic on bike left hand numbness and I want to thank you for being motivated enough to commit to the lengthy journey to see Jerry. I was confident in Jerry’s ability to resolve  your issue and am very happy for you that he did.