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Stop saying sorry! Basically, assume everything that you ever read that has "hippy" in front of it is said with a sly grin on the author's face.
I'm not smart enough to be funny so I'm usually sarcastic and when I'm typing on bike forums it means I'm not working which = happy! :D

I know. But I want londonfgss kit damnit!!!!
Then I thought about actually partying to raise money and how they usually cost me more than most raise and..
Nevermind. :)

http://www.creativecouriers.com/

velocity boy
It depends how you view it though. If you have a bike you love but nagging doubts and want to get more out of it... then the fitting is cheaper than mucking around buying parts, experimenting, or buying a new bike.

What if you have a bike you're not even that fond of and would gleefully cast it aside for something better, faster, lighter, stronger.. ? :)

velocity boy I procrastinated for ages about having my fitting. Probably about 10 months of considering it, dismissing it, looking around, ending up on their site again, considering it... etc. I nearly didn't, but in the end I decided to treat myself and see how it would go.

Only 10 months.. it's been about 6 years of wondering for me :D

Full kit is a leeeeetle bit more expensive than spoke card printing..
The Anti-Party: If I stopped drinking for a week I could probably afford custom kit. :S

LOL.. that's because your card number or expiry date are wrong.. try again..

At least now it's not a double post.. stupid network failure blah blah

Maybe they are... ;)

Yeah, to get tan lines you gotta BURN BABY, BURN!

haha "go team!" :)

Nuh ah! Space Hopper is the thang!

Sounds like a happy customer.
When I was racing I looked into Kennedy (Melbourne). Some people love him, some people hate him.
He tried the hard sell on me whilst on the phone, before I'd made it to the shop. I never took it further.
I've read other reports about cyclefit and they sound quite different although provide a similar service.

My concern is that the bike I loved is in storage 15,000k away and so anything I buy here is experimental because I don't have the measurements from my old bike.
This is why a fitting here is looking like a good option - it'd mean I could buy something knowing beforehand it will fit. My old shop would let me ride bikes for days before deciding - I'm sure most places don't do that here?

The Ribble was meant to be a cheap (£480) stand-in option until I shipped my bike over or, more likely, bought another. I just can't stand paying full retail in a store that only lets you ride around the block!! No contacts in shops here means I have no loyalty and no trusted sellers. There's a few places out west that will do bike fits but cyclefit seems to get more good press.

The stem I fitted to the Ribble helped - no numb hands on 80k ride and another 30sec off 10mi TT time (I'm slow, I'm not a tt'er) but I still had pins and needles in my hands after that 10mi TT (no aero bars, just drops). Switching between the Raleigh track bike (54cm top/80mm stem) and the Ribble (58cm top/90mm stem) can't be helping.

I've yet to get a BCF membership so I'm not even racing, meaning getting a race bike fit may not be the best option. What if I get a license and hate it? It's been two years and much has changed so I wonder if I should go for some interim fit. If I could be comfy over 200k they could have my first born.. ;)

hahaha glad I could help..
that was a teaser..
now head on over to http://www.hippygetshiskitoff.com and enter your credit card details and let's see if we can't make your day that little bit happier
boop boopy doop

I think that confirms: roadies are ghey! :P

So do I intimidate youz? :P

DK: Nice one, I'll give that a shot. Cheers!

Damn, can't set it up to do last friday of every month, only 4th friday of every month

Done Highgate

I've been contemplating a fitting there (actually a fitting anywhere..) I've DIY'd it for years and wonder what they can do for me.
Now that I'm too tight to pay UK RRP prices for roadie kit and buy stuff off ebay, etc. I've done myself a disservice with the Ribble fit (the old: read wrong column, toptube too long problem).

How do you rate their fitting?
Are you actually comfortable over long distance stuff?
Any racers out there feel more powerful, better handling?

Do they provide a full set of measurements that could be used to 1) tweak existing bike 2) tweak new off the shelf bike 3) build full custom frame?

Do they do the hard-sell like Kennedy in Melbourne and push their own bikes/components at you?

velocity boy: Any chance of email notifications when a reply is posted to a thread you've marked? Like C+ or cyclingforums.com??
With no boss around I'm a fgss heavy user.. when boss returns I'd like a reminder that someone's responded.
Is this possible or a total no-go zone?

You've taken me away from C+.. Not so bad.. wading through RLJ arguments was getting tiring :P

It DOES make you faster: http://damonrinard.com/aero/aerodynamics.htm
5 seconds over 40k could win you a race. I will then refer you to my original points:

1. To fit into the roadie group you have to shave down (though I never used to.. until a big race).
   
2. Your legs look sexy.
   

Doh, I've already booked the Southwark coach.

Actually.. this has given me another idea for one of the Death Race checkpoints.. the Gillette stop.. mwahahahahaha :D

Again, don't knock it til you've tried it.

I've actually been told by some birds from couples to get your nether regions done. It's meant to be great.
It breaks my rule of sharp objects near tackle though and my new rule of no hot waxy type objects near tackle.
'Course that has fsck all to do with road racing and it'd be pretty unnerving dropping kit with no pubes present.. :S

Fixedwheelnut Born in Camberwell now in Bexleyheath edge of SE London and Kent

Sweet. I worked/lived in Hawthorn for a time. Still got mates in Camberwell.
Did you live there long? Do you speak stray'n or Propah English(tm)? :)

jonaent [quote]hippy I don't like Bianchi's.. probably because of that fscking celeste colour they're all painted! :P

You'll soon come to learn that Celeste is the colour God is painted.
Bianchi aren't so good these days, but nothing beats a plain 70s 80s or 90s celeste steel frame...[/quote]

We're gonna have to agree to disagree.
1) There is no god
2) Bianchi means vomit in Italian

Truthfully, I'd not mind a steel one but like you say, nothing in carbon or alu and certainly NONE in celeste!
I notice they do red ones now. Bianchi finally realised that red goes faster. I'm sure the undercoat is celeste so I'm still not going near them. :)