Bike Fit — Steve Hogg

The Keys to Bike Fitting

• The central nervous system controls everyaspect of human function

• In any athletic activity, the central nervous system’s 3 fundamental priorities are, in descending order of importance:

1. Breathing
2. Posture
3. Movement                             

• Every measure taken or intervention made during a bike fitting must be considered in relation to those 3 priorities and the order in which they are prioritised.

• As the desired outcome of a fitting is an efficient athlete, then an efficiently functioning central nervous system is fundamental.

• The key determinants of central nervous system efficiency are posture, alignment and functional symmetry.

• The points above are all the information required for a thoughtful fitter to base their fitting practices on. 

• Everything else is a detail.

The Keys to Bike Fitting Excellence

• Communicating clearly with clients is at least as important as fitting skills. 

• Achieving excellence in bike fitting requires the fitter to constantly undergo objective assessment of their fitting skills and practices.

• No fitter can ever be completely objective in assessing one’s self

• Objective assessment needs to come from the fitter’s clients

• The least satisfied client’s assessment of a fitter infinitely outweighs any assessment made by the most satisfied client.

• A genuine money back if not happy guarantee with minimal qualification is the only objective way to self-assess.

• A genuine money back if not happy guarantee is the most effective fitter self-education tool yet devised

• Any fitter who can make a living from bike fitting while offering a genuine money back if not happy guarantee, can be objectively assessed as an excellent bike fitter.

• The kindest objective assessment that can be made about a fitter not offering a genuine money back if not happy guarantee is that “……………the jury is still out”. 

• Any fitting principle, practice or idea that holds up while offering a genuine money back if not happy guarantee can be objectively assessed by the fitter as valid.

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