I'm looking to take my existing bike in for a fitting. However, for every business or name that I have looked up, there seems to be an equal measure of positive and negative reviews for their services. I'm already reluctant to pay ~$300+ for a fitting so I want to feel like I've at least tried to do some research. I live in Burlington but would be fine to travel within the area of Brantford-Hamilton-Oakville-Toronto-etc. if needed. I'm interested in hearing people's thoughts and experiences with fitters in the area.

Dundas Speed Shop

Endurosport. More bench strength, experience and expertise than you could find anywhere in Canada.

Ditto that. 1000x. If Dan Rishworth is still doing fittings, get time with him. He had the foresight to start a triathlon shop way back in the day and leaned in hard to acquiring deep expertise in all aspects of - especially cycling.

I think what many newer triathletes in Ontario don’t realize is that Dan was super tight with Gerard Vroomen back when he first commercialized Cervelo. Dan evangelized the weird new bikes with the odd brand name to his customers and Gerard could be found hanging out at the store on weekends talking about his bikes to anyone who would listen. I think that without Dan, Gerard May have had to work a whole lot harder to establish Cervelo’s footprint in the early days.

Other GTA options would be Heath if he’s still at La Bicicletta (though they tend to be more hardcore roadie than tri), or Lorne, who used to be at LB, then went to Trek and now seems to have gone LOA with the covid shutdowns - which is disappointing because he was gold.

D’Ornellas has a tri presence but the owner is more interested in being the smartest guy in the room than in listening to his customers and is wayyyyyyy to pushy, to the point of being a total turnoff.

Dennis at Racer Sportif is another noteworthy longtime tri fitter. He used to be pretty bossy as well (old school Polish roadie) but he generally means well, is trustworthy, and seems to have mellowed with age (as has Ziggy).

Soft spot for Racer Sportif, although I no longer live in the 6. If I wanted a road bike, I would see them first. For tri, the very fact that Endurosport is still around should tell you something.

I think iait’s now going back 15-20 years that Slowman referred to them as being at the very front of the fitting game, anywhere