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Bike fitting techniques for Tagaman participants
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Posted on Apr 13 2009
A company from Japan will be setting up a temporary mini shop during the Tagaman Triathlon to teach new bike fitting techniques to participants of the longest running multi-sport event in the region.
Ben Distel of T1bicycles recently announced that his company will be at the Tagaman Triathlon Expo to offer F.I.S.T. (Fit Institute Slowtwitch) certified bike fitting services for the participants.
The company is based in the Roponggi District of Tokyo.
Distel has extensive experience as a bike fitter and is proud to be the original fitter of Kona champ Chrissie Wellington and many top age group athletes in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Japan.
“A professional bike fit configures the bike to you for optimal balance in comfort, power, aerodynamics, sustainability, and efficiency,” said Distel in a message sent to the Northern Mariana Islands Triathlon Federation and the participants of the Tagaman race scheduled on April 25.
Distel said the process would take approximately 90 minutes.
He said several adjustments would be made to the bike to achieve the efficiency.
He said they would be giving special price of $150 for Tagaman participants.
The normal price is $250.
Time slots are available on April 22 at 11am, 2pm, and 4pm; April 23 at 9am, 11am, and 2pm; and April 24 at 9am and 11am.
To book your appointments, you may contact Distel at bendistel@mac.com or info@T1bicycles.com or www.T1bicycles com or call him at +81 (0)90 6562 4430 and for more information on the company, the website is www.t1bicycles. com.
He said appointments on April 25-27 are negotiable.
Stephen Vance said he had done professional fittings before and found them beneficial.
“They may recommend some changes in adjustments or even components. Availability of components on island could limit your ability to act on the advice,” Vance noted.
He said that “if you’re really comfortable in your current bike, changes to the position to make it more ideal could make it feel awkward in the short-term, although possibly with long-term benefits.”
Several professional triathletes from the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, United States, Japan, and Australia started arriving as early as April 5 in time for the XTERRA Saipan Championship.
