I am at about the 300 fit mark after a few years now and noticed that one aspect of my fits has evolved quite a bit over time. The balance between guiding the athlete and insisting upon certain things for the beginning aerobar rider.
I find that many simply can't separate how the bike should feel from their lifelong schemas of comfort and discomfort. Often I *know* that going lower will close the hip angle down from 120 degrees, and they will certianly ride more powerfully there, but as they are self-selecting that angle, they find it very hard to focus their awareness away from the simple perception that this is "really low and really different", and therfor not good.
In short, I insist more and more. I was wondering what experience others had in this regard? I want to guard against becoming the guy who knows he is right all the time, but I am also not interested in putting my name on bad bike fits because I let someone who is perceptually less developed guide themselves to bad conclusions.
I find that many simply can't separate how the bike should feel from their lifelong schemas of comfort and discomfort. Often I *know* that going lower will close the hip angle down from 120 degrees, and they will certianly ride more powerfully there, but as they are self-selecting that angle, they find it very hard to focus their awareness away from the simple perception that this is "really low and really different", and therfor not good.
In short, I insist more and more. I was wondering what experience others had in this regard? I want to guard against becoming the guy who knows he is right all the time, but I am also not interested in putting my name on bad bike fits because I let someone who is perceptually less developed guide themselves to bad conclusions.