Team Stories
For those of your that don't frequent our Flickr page or are friends with some of our riders on Facebook, we had some beautiful shots taken from Studio Six this past weekend at our team camp. Here is a sneak peak at some of the excellent photos to come and visit our our Flickr page for some more photos taken by us at camp including a video of our own Maurice displaying one of his other talents. Enjoy!
-Hank
After preaching to various Mike's Bikes customers about the certain value of a BG Fit, I was pretty excited to get one for myself. I have a pretty funky body, and I was rather curious to see what Jake could do for me. I've had a few fits in the past, but nothing that had ever put aches and pains and twinges to rest. The BG Fit process is all about working with each individual's bodily asymmetries, which I think is a pretty cool concept. My body is certainly asymmetrical, and no amount of stretching or yoga has ever been able to change that. The first half of the 3 hours I spent in the studio was spent measuring my body. To me, this was the coolest part. Having just taken an anatomy class and being generally obsessed with the human body, I had a good time nerding out and trying to remember everything that was going on (I didn't). Most notable: my weird knees are so weird, I've got pretty high arches that are good at collapsing, and my hip flexors are very flexible.
Next up was the actual tweaking and video shooting. The best part of this was being able to watch myself and see what I looked like on the bike. Jake made quite a few changes: saddle back, seat up, stem down, cleats outward, green insoles, two varus wedges per foot. After dropping the stem and adding the second varus wedge, everything really came together. He said my position was "amazing," and it felt like it. Never before have I felt so comfortable on a bicycle!
Hey Hank, how about a pedal stroke-off?
-Ryan
Today was one of those winter days that makes a cyclist feel spoiled to reside in California. I set out to get in some hill work and while warming up and riding to my climb du jour, I enjoyed a wondorus clear view of the carquinez bay. Seated atop the cannondale supersix steed, adorned in capo garb, I floated along in comfort smiling at the world around me. My recent BG fit had me feeling better than ever on my machine, especially happy were my feet, having just set up the cleats and selecting the appropriate orthotic insert. who knew I had flat arches? certainly not me. Sometimes an adjustment takes some time to feel comfortable, this was not one of those cases, I instantly felt way better (and stronger) with proper arch support, thanks to Jake (the Body Geometry fitmeister at Mikes Bikes) feeling good on the bike I was able to focus on my workout, and the easy to use Garmin edge 500 unit kept my efforts honest. Looking forward to another early Bird Crit tomorrow and the start of the real racing right around the corner. I hope the rest of you all had as enjoyable a ride today as I did. Forecast is yellow circles for the foreseeable future, go get those miles in!
A little footage from my BG Pro Fit today with Jake in San Rafael. Full write-up coming soon!
Jake setup a side and front view and took footage from before and after making adjustments. See the next video on our Flickr page for the side by side comparison!
