By Rick Schultz Background: As a bike fitter, I see a lot of cyclists that have knee pain and want relief. By the time they come in to see us, they are usually on the verge of giving up on cycling. Next, when going through their evaluation and assessment, I always ask if they also…
By Rick Schultz I recently had a customer come in for a bike fit who didn’t realize he had a damaged/cracked carbon fork. The fork came off a 2014’ish Giant TCR Advanced Pro. I usually perform a quick safety inspection of my customers bicycles to see if there is anything that stands out as an…
By Rick Schultz I am a bike fitter as well as a Shimano S-TEC certified mechanic, so, in addition to bike fits, I often get asked things like whether I can assemble a bike before the fit, put on a new stem, adjust bad shifting, etc. You get the idea — full time bike fitting…
By Rick Schultz Like most, I have spent the better part of last year spending a lot of time at home. Not wanting to get sick and not wanting to get my wife sick, I dropped out of the regular group rides and chose Rouvy as my training and exercise platform. I feel I have…
By Rick Schultz I recently came across this YouTube video by Francis Cade that is very pertinent to the current situation in the bicycle industry where there is a major lack of bicycles in shops available for purchase. I am starting to see a trend of first time buyers just buying a bike regardless of…
