bobin2
12-20-2018, 10:03 AM
Sorry this is so long: I’m about 6’7” with a 35.5” inseam and nearing 50. Only been riding hard/training for a couple years.
Lingering ankle pain and knee pain had me seek out an expensive bike fit. I ride gravel/road/commute on one bike. Went with the expensive-ass bike fitter who has a wealth of experience and is thee go-to guy for people with health issues. Yeah so the dude turned out to be a really impatient guy just spewing information at me which I could barely comprehend.
So he told me my right leg was “reaching,” he could see this by eye balling. He had me buy new 172 cranks, road pedals and road shoes. We emailed a lot. Sum up: He demanded that I change from MTB shoes to Road shoes because “I can’t properly shim your right foot with MTB shoes.”
I think the money factor messed with me a lot. I kept researching the shim/mtb thing. I really did not want road shoes, but I just wanted to solve my issues and quit monkeying constantly with my fit so I went ahead with these stupid road shoes. I didn’t mind going down on the cranks. So I had to justify this now 750 investment on a 1400 bike to myself.
Well I got all the stuff and when I went back to him – he was impatient and went way too fast. I walked out with new shoes with a wedge on the left foot and no shim on the right – which was the whole reason I bought the fing shoes.
I wish now I would have just not worried about the why and the cost because looking back that fit wasn’t that bad. I emailed him and asked him why at first he said this and now I had that. I spent $ for this thing he had to have so he could shim and there was no shim.
So that emailing just set us down a bad path. He felt like I was insulating that he was misleading me. There were a couple emails from him that were absolutely unprofessional and angry. But then he agreed to try and “fix” things.
Went back and that fit was bad. So asked if I could have a refund of my 300 (not counting the 450 for parts) and that’s when he lost it and started demanding that I come back in so he could undo all his work. He said “never contact me again” in one email – then kept sending me emails about stuff he wanted back – and then said “never contact me again” a couple more times. To be fair though I was not very trusting – but the dude is straight up not professional.
So I just said forget it cause I just want to move on and not deal with his anger – I also realized he was going to make it as painful as possible to get my money back even though it expressly says on his site that he guarantees a refund if not satisfied.
So now I don’t know what to do. My right side knee and ankle seem fine – but my left leg is definitely not comfortable. Every time I get off the bike my left ankle aches and my heel hurts.
When I drive down with my right leg – it feels like the ball of my foot is engaged and driving. When I drive with my left leg – it feels like I constantly want to move my foot back on the pedal – like it’s too far forward.
Also the road shoes just piss me off. If I have to step off into any kind of snow or dirt – I cannot re-engage the pedal with out trying to find a dry spot to stomp all the crap out. Got the shoes from Competitive Cyclist – so think I can return for store credit.
Just sucks and makes me not want to ride cause I just keep thinking about the bad fit - my stroke feels way off - I did a 40mi yesterday and just did not enjoy it. This bike fit thing is such a rabbit hole if there's something off.
Lingering ankle pain and knee pain had me seek out an expensive bike fit. I ride gravel/road/commute on one bike. Went with the expensive-ass bike fitter who has a wealth of experience and is thee go-to guy for people with health issues. Yeah so the dude turned out to be a really impatient guy just spewing information at me which I could barely comprehend.
So he told me my right leg was “reaching,” he could see this by eye balling. He had me buy new 172 cranks, road pedals and road shoes. We emailed a lot. Sum up: He demanded that I change from MTB shoes to Road shoes because “I can’t properly shim your right foot with MTB shoes.”
I think the money factor messed with me a lot. I kept researching the shim/mtb thing. I really did not want road shoes, but I just wanted to solve my issues and quit monkeying constantly with my fit so I went ahead with these stupid road shoes. I didn’t mind going down on the cranks. So I had to justify this now 750 investment on a 1400 bike to myself.
Well I got all the stuff and when I went back to him – he was impatient and went way too fast. I walked out with new shoes with a wedge on the left foot and no shim on the right – which was the whole reason I bought the fing shoes.
I wish now I would have just not worried about the why and the cost because looking back that fit wasn’t that bad. I emailed him and asked him why at first he said this and now I had that. I spent $ for this thing he had to have so he could shim and there was no shim.
So that emailing just set us down a bad path. He felt like I was insulating that he was misleading me. There were a couple emails from him that were absolutely unprofessional and angry. But then he agreed to try and “fix” things.
Went back and that fit was bad. So asked if I could have a refund of my 300 (not counting the 450 for parts) and that’s when he lost it and started demanding that I come back in so he could undo all his work. He said “never contact me again” in one email – then kept sending me emails about stuff he wanted back – and then said “never contact me again” a couple more times. To be fair though I was not very trusting – but the dude is straight up not professional.
So I just said forget it cause I just want to move on and not deal with his anger – I also realized he was going to make it as painful as possible to get my money back even though it expressly says on his site that he guarantees a refund if not satisfied.
So now I don’t know what to do. My right side knee and ankle seem fine – but my left leg is definitely not comfortable. Every time I get off the bike my left ankle aches and my heel hurts.
When I drive down with my right leg – it feels like the ball of my foot is engaged and driving. When I drive with my left leg – it feels like I constantly want to move my foot back on the pedal – like it’s too far forward.
Also the road shoes just piss me off. If I have to step off into any kind of snow or dirt – I cannot re-engage the pedal with out trying to find a dry spot to stomp all the crap out. Got the shoes from Competitive Cyclist – so think I can return for store credit.
Just sucks and makes me not want to ride cause I just keep thinking about the bad fit - my stroke feels way off - I did a 40mi yesterday and just did not enjoy it. This bike fit thing is such a rabbit hole if there's something off.