F.I.S.T. Fitting-A proclamation

(steps onto soapbox...)

Ahem ahem......

GOOOOOO NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was the best money i have ever spent, outside of my wife's engagement ring and my condo(well maybe not the condo so much)
Seriously. This is for everyone who has not been properly fitted and is still reading this thinking its not that big a deal. This new triathlete is telling you, it IS a big deal.

I went into my fitting last night excited but not really exepcting to see a world of difference when i was done.
The owner who was doing the fitting, sat down with me and asked me a bunch of questions about my training, where i ride, what i use the bike for primarily(its a road bike and i told him tri's) etc...etc.. height, weight blah blah

He installed my new aerobars before i arrived and recommened upgrading my stock seat to something that will support my new aero position and also be way more comfortable since i will be training HIM soon. I said go for it. since were doing the fitting lets do the seat.


Then for the next two hours he carefully had me get on the bike-pedal-stop your foot here-measure-pedal again-stop-measure, you get the idea.

I wont say how much was done because frankly im embarassed. He said he has no idea how i did not injure myself witht he bike setup the way it was.

So we get it all done in about 2hours. I hop on my bike and start pedaling. then slowly lower into aero position(my first time in bars) and start stroking the pedals.
I had to stop quiclly because i wanted to make sure they didn't somehow switch my bike out for another one....
IT WAS EFFORTLESS AND AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was pushing pushing pushing and it felt unlike anything i had ever experienced before.
just sooo smooth, so comfortable, like i could do it for 10000 miles.
needless to say i took the long way home and really enjoyed it.

So now im done. If your new to this sport or still on the fence about forking over the money for a proper fitting. stop. now. go. tell your boss your sick and go.