A few days after the Tour of California stopped in Solvang, a sleepy wine and farming community with Danish heritage, ex-US Postie Robbie Ventura held his annual Vision Quest cycling camp in town. Vision Quest is one of the latest Retül owners but they still invited 3-D fit guru Todd Carver to service 15 bike fits for their campers.
These were some long days punched in on the clock (6am - 10pm each day) but we met some great people and made some great fit changes. And, better yet, the riders were able to experience their fit changes immediately since Robbie had a full slate of riding with upwards of five hours of riding each day with loads of climbing!
In the past, we had performed bike fits at expo shows and as part of training classes but this launched our camp bike fit program, and with great success!
At the end of this month, we are traveling out to the world's oldest half-ironman race at the Superfrog 1/2 on the US Navy SEAL/s base to perform three days of bike fits. The final day will see us fitting four current SEAL athletes who put in long hours training for triathlon after all the training hours they put in to defend our country. We will be traveling out there with a full entourage including Carver and expert fitter and Elite Bicycles frame designer David Greenfield. Stay tuned.
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Does Todd perform fits without the platform when not at Retul studios? If so, does he keep moving the rider manually to fit both sides?
ReplyDeleteWe did not take the rotating platform but were constantly reminded why we use one. Yes, we made sure to turn the rider, bike and trainer around during each fit to take measurements on BOTH sides.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that.
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