Georgia Gould has Power and can Drag Race on Dirt "Sand" in AZ!

Pan Am champion Georgia Gould (Luna Chix) knows what we are doing, and that is why she was able to put 20 seconds in front of teammate Katerina Nash in the women's race.

Georgia needed her new bikes fitted for 2007, so we had Nat Ross, (a Wobble-naught fitter in Golden, CO), fit her bikes only last Monday of this week. Nat used his laser and made a smart move, suggesting that Georgia take her laser fitted seatpost and saddle, marked with her, to help her get her race bikes in AZ. Just so!

After interacting with Shonny Vandlandingham that same week, it seems Luna Chix had different handlebars over last year. It was pointed out that the difference in sweep was about 10mm. This was a concern! The correct choices where made, (our blue-print helps you to do that).

The results are there for the first race. Nat Ross, our Wobble-naught dealer, knows how to fit a person to their bike with the correct sag, etc... It should be pointed out that Nat is the King of 24-hour racing and knows how important getting the bike dialed in is.

We are very pleased to work with both Georgia Gould and Nat Ross, along with many other pros. We feel that they are both professionals in their mtb fiields.

We feel that anyone who is willing to learn can be a winner! We also understand how much these folks put forth and we understand that we are only one spoke within the wheel. Our hats go off for all the pros who listen and use our systems.

We are all students of the sport!

Elite Women:

1. Georgia Gould (Luna Chix) 22.47
2. Katerina Nash (Luna Chix) 0.20
3. Jenna Zander (Cannondale) 0.49
4. Kelli Emmit (Giant) 0.52
5. Jennifer Smith (Trek) 0.53

NORBA comes to AZ. this weekend NOVA National!!

You can tell that mtb season is coming fast. Many of the top mtb pros have been contacting us to make sure their new suspension bikes are in perfect balance to go with their Wobble-naught mtb fit.

This year's NOVA National kicks off the new NMBS with three races: a time trial on Friday, a night-time short track in downtown Fountain Hills on Saturday, and a long-course cross-country on Sunday.

This is the bike game that got people back onto bikes i.e Specialized Stumpjumper, Gary Fisher, etc... and it only grew.

Today the bikes are fine-tuned carbon fiber suspension racing tools with hydraulic disc brakes that allow you to power up and down steeps, as well as get the tires hooked up with optimized frames that are light, responsive, and stable. A perfect balance of man and chassis allows the racer to wheel over obstacles or hop the different front/rear or both wheels as needed. The bike also needs to respond well out-of-the-saddle for attacks on nasty rough trails. Boy, how things have changed.

Tops names like Jeremiah Bishop Trek, Georgia Gould Luna, Nat Ross Gary Fisher, Shonny Vanlandingham Luna, Nick Waite and many others with the latest in high-tech are ready.

These pros take their game as "sacred" as the road racing pros; they want to make sure their hard-tail bikes and full are set up with the correct tire pressures, sag for their shocks, stem rise, sweep of handlebars, etc... Good cornering (carving your turns) is the foundation as descending with speed.

They think in terms of approach, the apex, and the exit, as a skier would! They also race the course "man/women vs. track".

A neat thing about mtb, is as strong as you may be, it's incredibly difficult to ride away from other racers. It can be a sport of guts, aggressiveness, opportunity, patience and luck. You have to have the smarts and a strategy to deal with the conditions. You need the confidence and bike handling to race the course. Knowledge is key!

With all the new brakes, many gears, full-suspended or hard tail, terrain conditions, racing lengths (short track, XC, 24-hours), and athlete types, it is a complicated sport even on the most basic level.

First NORBA in the USA 2007.

Should be fun!

Brent Bookwalter Leads USA Devolopment Team in Spain.

Brent Bookwalter is, as Andy Applegate pointed out, the real-deal! Brent leads the USA Cycling National Development Team in Spain.

Colorado Springs, Colorado (March 25, 2007)—The USA Cycling National Development Team concluded the four day Vuelta a Cartegena in Spain on Sunday; Wobble-naught fitted Brent Bookwalter (Comstock Park, Mich./VMG Racing) led the squad with an eighth-place overall finish.

Brent's coach, Rick Crawford, contacted us to get Brent some help on his bike. We suggested that he to go to our man in Asheville, NC to get dialed. Rick Crawford added that Brent, who lives in Boone, NC, was having knee problems.

Andy Applegate took time to perform the fit for Brent, spending most of the time going over pedal stroke.It seemed that Brent was pedaling like so many too heel down? A report from Andy Applegate suggested that he raise Brent's saddle about 2cm?

According to Rick, Brent's knee problems have for the most part gone away, and his results speak well for the up coming star!


What's in your game?

Georgia Gould Ranked Number 1 in the World!

Gould, U.S. Women's MTB Team, ranked number one in the world!

Colorado Springs, Colorado (March 21, 2007)—Wobble-naught and Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish user, Georgia Gould (Ketchum, Idaho/Luna), ranked number one in the world for the United States in the Olympic-style cross country discipline, (according to the latest edition of the international mountain bike rankings released Monday by the UCI).

Backed by a sweep of the podium at the recent Continental Mountain Bike Championships in Nequen, Argentina, the women’s mountain bike program is ranked number one in the world with 470 points ahead of New Zealand (321) and Chile (285). Gould’s Pan American title yielded 200 points as the current USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Champion tops the individual standings ahead of countrywoman Mary McConneloug (150) (Chilmark, Mass./Kenda-Seven) and Maja Wloszczowska (140) of Poland.

What's in your game?

TEAm Lipton's Kori Seehafer broke her clavicle!

Racing is hard on a body. When you have a close look at many of the top professionals, you will find that the clavicle has a deformity.

We just received a report from Craig Upton that TEAm Lipton racer Kori Seehafer did break her clavicle bone! She will be out for a few races.

The good news is she will be back!

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!

The good, the bad, and the ugly of Redlands!

Two Wobble-naught dialed racers had a real "shoot-out" in the Redlands. The 'good' was that Phil Zajicek took 2nd GC, (Navigators Insurance Cycling Team).

Over on the women's side of things, what was looking like another 'good' for TEAm Lipton in the last race, last turn, became bad, then ugly. It was good that two TEAm Lipton racers took Kori Seehafer and 5th Lauren Franges.

Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton) had a super week until the last turn of the race.
The front end of her horse went away and she hit her left side hard. The report at the time, is that she had broken her collar bone; this being the "Ugly". Ouch!

Like NASCAR this past weekend (i.e. Bristol, TN), there are going to be wrecks if you are pushing it to the limits; just part of the game.

It is super to see WN users race at the top! There is a huge amount of talent out there and to play the game at that level is a big deal.

Kori was really turning up her speed game this spring and we hate to see this happen to her as well as to TEAm Lipton. We should have a report later on Kori.


Mens Final General Classification:

1. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9.12.55
2. Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.10

Womens Final General Classification:

1. Amber Neben (USA) STAHL/SC Velo 7.33.46
2. Mara Abbott (USA) Webcor Builders 0.29
3. Katheryn Curi (USA) Webcor Builders 3.00
4. Felicia Gomez (USA) Aaron's Corporate Furnishings Cycling Team 3.47
5. Leigh Hobson (Can) Team Cheerwine 3.50
6. Kim Anderson (USA) T-Mobile Women's Professional Cycling 4.15
7. Kori Seehafer (USA) TEAm Lipton 4.40

Neil Coleman Crosses the Pond...Takes a Victory in the U.K.!

March 19 , 2007


Team A&F takes racing across the pond (Atlantic Ocean) and manages a victory in the U.K. with British team additive, Neil Coleman. Neil contacted us here at Wobble-naught & Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish to find a team in the USA to ride with. We got a hold of Chad at A&F and the rest is history.

We went to the A&F camp in Macon, GA to teach the lad a bit more about making "more power". It seems to be working!!!

Neil showed off his urban camo team kit while he took two sixth place finishes in the international events, before eventually getting it right and taking the top spot at the Southern England Circuit League!

The team's Brit is returning state-side on this coming Wednesday to start his work on the team's NRC campaign. Neil's premier US race will be the Jacksonville Cycling Classic, held on April 13th and 14th, 2007. The field had best be aware!

Neil is also the UK National tt Champ!

Meredith Miller of TEAm Lipton is NRC leader!

The claims of a products battle in the cycling world becomes more like "Friends or Foes". We even have the major distrubtion companies detecting what they want for stem angles. After all, they don't focus on the game, they focus on moving product!

We feel that there is an information gap in the industry. So, if you really want to boost your knowledge and ride better, plus widen your lead over the competion, you best do your homework!

Meredith isn't the leader of the NRC simply because she just started. She has been working hard on cutting-edge techniques, training, and racing information for years. She'ss also stayed with our fit solution throughout the years.

The industry wants more people on bikes (in our example: horse). There are different types of horses. Are they concern about performance? Or is it more about getting people to ride "right or wrong". After all, do you know a jocky who races horses on the track?

Each year the cycling market attempts to push their product line because someone is using it (i.e. bike, stem, handlebar, steapost, powermeter, the wind tunnel tested, etc...). This product will do that, and that person uses this? You are only a "Sunday-rider" and you don't race! This store says this, and that store said that? I read this, and I've heard that?

The same thing is now happening in the roadbike body position and aerodynamics game. Is it possible to gain "free" speed with the right equipment? Yes! To go faster, for no increase in effort or fitness, requires you getting your chest flat, which means you need positioning to do so! You still have to learn to pedal.

It's true that some of our racers can make high power on moderate grades and remain in a seated position, chest high. In lower power outputs, along with steeper grades, the velocity is almost equal in both saddle and standing positions. The type of upper body that you have affect this. So, even on the steepest road grades, it might be best to remain seated for metabolic costs. However, for speed, you need to get the chest lower, and get the head out of the wind.

Most training happens in the saddle, but there are scenarios where climbing is unavoidable. We all understand to make maximum force, standing is the key. So a cyclist should learn standing as well. We have not changed the fit here, rather we have changed our understanding.

Comfort vs. Power. Loot at tt and note that discomfort is a part of that game, and expect the shoulders and arms to fatigue quickly, along with the sensitive parts. Muscle strain will always be there, and only with riding that horse, as well as training and stretching, will these muscles fatique less, but they will still fatigue. Any 76-80 degree seat tube and aero position is going to take the weight off the head, chest, and even the size of arms, and cause it to fatigue as you are trying to get it out of the wind.

For any improvement in the aerodynamics of the machine must be viewed w/in understanding the frontal area of your body than that of your bike. Velocity is a result of balance of muscles being on/off, handling, sight, propulsive force to the pedals and the sum of any resistive forces. Did we say time riding like that!!!

Different body positions are going to be better for one over another and under various conditions (flat terrain, climbing, etc...) Velcity will decrease with increasing road grade, and this holds true for novice or elite cyclists. Standing will always increase your metabolic process, but not adopting to it will decrease your chance for high power outputs. It might be that high power output that puts you ahead of the field.

It seems like there is a new method or processing of fitting each year? There is always a new expert who can always "spin" words around and say that's not a correct solution because? You need to do this or do that, because that guy/gal does it,and I know?

With all this know how, where is one to go? There is no question that many retail stores, coaches are "Sizing Each Other Up". I get phone calls from custom bike makers,fitters, knowing that the person on the other end and their questions are attempting to learn what we do. I ask, what horse are they talking about? They don't like it when I say are you "elk hunting or on the race track"? Horse sense!!!

I quote Rick Carwford "when you got it going on, many are going to be after you". I guess it is good they are so good at what they do, and are calling us out for a gun fight? I'll be your huckle-berry!

We have been doing this for a while now, been in a few gun fights. From day one, we can't make any claims, except that we have had a good trend! Results with so many different people in our mind speaks "Loud & Clear". If you want to imporve your game, you are going to have to learn to play the game with a fit that allows you to work on that game! There is "No Sliver Bullet". Learn to ride the type of horse you want to ride! But please understand that riding a bucking horse with the chest high is not riding a race horse around a track, chest flat at speed! More horse sense!

It's hard to break a routine built through decades of dealer friendships with reps i.e. brands. If you pay for a program from coach, you know they will have a impact on the minds of the players and their relationships with who ever? In their recruiting, it seems they want to lure people to their strategy or camp. It is more about a business relatioinship, after all that is how they make a living.

The bottom line is the player on the course. That's what will dictate who wins the game.

So why do many of the top pros and coaches believe in and use our system's (Wobble-naught & Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish?

As our fitter Don Williams said " We have over and over refitted people who have had their bikes fitted, then here in Scottsdale, AZ and they really like the difference in their game". Don has watched the watts go up on many!

We had upwards towards 25 National Championships last year alone in road, tt, mtb, 24-hour, etc... We have been fitting pros who have won worlds to local events since 2001.

Meredith is only one of few who has been using our systems for many years now. She started using our fitting solutioins back when she rode in the "HP Women's Challenge", held here in Idaho.

Some will say "what-ever" they are girls? We love to get behind the gals, as they use muscle just like the men. True, they don't the press or purse like the guys, but you should come here to Boise, ID and watch TEAm Liptons Kristin Armstrong place in the top 5 in mens Cat 1. They are not being nice to her, they are really racing.

Last year all US Championships where won by women from Idaho. Kristin Armstrong TEAm Lipton, Georgia Gould Luna Chix, Reba Rusch NORBA 24-hour.

There are many strong domestic womens teams and we want all the teams to race well. We also love it when TEAm Lipton using our system on their racers has the NRC leader Meredith Miller!

What's in your game?

Think TEAm Lipton has a strong TEAm for Redlands?

Redlands is a good test for any team. A test for the racers who can climb! You need a strong TEAm to race against the very best! Each person on a team has a job to do! So often they give it their all for a single person. For the most part, a team rides for one person.

Does World Champion Kristin Armstrong have the support needed of a strong TEAm for 2007? You might say so! Below is just a sample of a recent race w/many of the TEAm Lipton racers. Redlands has a history of showing what a road team is made of in the climbing area. It has been a showing ground of what is to come.

Craig Upton and his partner put a ton of time working w/ the TEAm Lipton at their race camp and they should do very well w/ all the climbing.

Our road fit solution comes from a mtb background, plus time spent w/ Kendra & Rene Wenzel. They both ran some of the top teams of the past! All you have to do is check the history of teams like Saturn. Many of those top racers are still winning!

Elite women

1 Meredith Miller (TEAm Lipton) 2.36.35
2 Lauren Franges (TEAm Lipton) 1.20
3 Brenda Lyons (TEAm Lipton) 1.31
4 Gab Gonzalez-Ferrat (Bicycle John's Serio) 1.33
5 Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton)
6 Anna Webb (AE Sport Development)
7 Rachel OConnell (Cheerwine)
8 Jill McLaughlin (Touchstone Climbing)
9 Anne Sam Samplonuis (Team expresscopy.com)
10 Kristen LaSasso (TEAm Lipton)

What's in your game?

Leg Length Discrepancy - How To Know?

A cyclist can only achieve optimum efficiency if their bicycle is perfectly adapted to their build.

Competition pushes one to their athletic limits. Perhaps the most important area of concern is the hip, as that angle allows you to use the largest muscles in the leg and body. Racing requires paying attention to the smallest details, more than the norm, this is not leisure riding! The hip only has to move a little to change the order of your muscles for a powerful stroke.

If most of your riding is non-competition, we can still set the bike up according to your needs and our suggestions. A very common area of concern is leg length discrepancy.


Leg Length Discrepancy is very common.

The femur is perhaps the cyclist's essential lever. In most cases, one should take the average of both femur's for our "blue-print" of the motor. If one has over 8mm of discrepancy, you should contact us for what we have found is perhaps the best approach.

Just remember, the measurements you take will affect the outcome of the "blue-print". Finding the correct angle allows you to get it right! Very much like riding a horse! By the way, people pay big money to learn how to ride a horse! You are not born w/ the skills and the same is ture for cycling. It does seem that people who ride horses are willing to learn, and spend the time to get better? Cyclist on the other hand will just jump on the bike and ride? After all, they have been doing it since they got rid of the training wheels?



Upper leg length discrepancy can be measured in a number of ways. With the leg symmetrical, measurement in the anterior superior iliac spine to the medial malleolus gives an accurate reflection of true discrepancy. A rapid visual assessment can be made by holding the heels together, flexing both knees and comparing the height of the tibia and the femur at the knee. This will also allow distinction between femoral and tibial shortening. A number of tests are available for assessing which part of the femur is shortened in femoral shortening, but these have largely been superseded by radiographic measures.

A dynamic assessment is afforded by the use of blocks, which are used underneath the short leg in order to restore a horizontal pelvis. Leg length radiographs and CT scanograms give more precise measurements.

Tina Pic takes 1st, and Kori Seehafer 3rd!

Central Valley Classic - NE
California, USA, March 9-11, 2007

We have worked with some very good Elite women and the results roll in as we start the 2007 season.

Tina Pic has stuck with our cleat placement and the front-end adjustment, which makes more watts. However, as posted in our previous blog, "A Lesson Learned", she did not have the time to adjust to the new saddle position. Tina had to move the saddle a bit closer to her old position. Let it be known, that we are merely talking about millimeters here!! The muscles know the difference!

Tina pointed out that she is still having a problem sitting on the saddle. This has been going on for a year now, and she is one of the best sprinters in the game. When you stand, you don't sit on the saddle, but you have to have the body as a power plant. Over a short distance and during a short sprint, the power an athlete generates can reach more than 1,000 watts. Again, this cannot be sustained for the long haul, but knowing how to make more watts is the key.

If the bike, (stem, handlebar, and cleats), are not right then you can't make more watts; the sprint will simply not be there!

The muscles the cyclist employs are the source of mechanical power produced. A good fitness level needs endurance capacity, mental ability, high O2 consumption, etc... Muscles are able to exert force while shortening (work = force X distance = power X time). Furthermore, muscle force depends on muscle length and there is a limited range of muscle lengths in which a muscle can generate active force.



Kori Seehafer was fit by Craig Upton and is right there in the running!

1. Tina Pic (Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light)
2. Suzanne de Goede (T-Mobile)
3. Kori Seehafer (TEAm Lipton)

Georgia Gould wins Pan American Continental MTB Championships!

Georgia Gould finds gold in Argentian!

Georgia has been on the WN fit for a number of years now, and it seems to be working for her! She called me just before leaving for the race in Argentian. She needed some info sent for her new bikes. I asked her if she had been working on her stroke, and she said, "Every time I go out and ride!" Ha! She does her homework!

Georgia has used our fit for a few years now and her muscles and tendons are accustomed to it. She works very hard on her pedal stroke!

She knows her position and how the bike is going to react; it becomes like second nature. However, the foots range of motion always needs working on, even if it seems strange at first.

In the elite women's race, Georgia had a winning time of 1:56:46 over 4 laps of a 6-K circuit. McConnleoug finished 2:06 off Georgia's pace and Koerber finished 4:51 back. Irmiger was 5:26 down.

Pan American Continental Mountain Bike Championships - CC
Argentina, March 09-11, 2007

Elite Women
1. Georgia Gould (USA) 1.56 Wobble-naught & Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish
2. Mary McConneloug (USA) 2.06
3. Willow Koerber (USA) 4.51
4. Heather Irmiger (USA) 5.26
5. Francisca Campos Salas (Chi) 5.46
DNS Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) Wobble-naught & Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish.
Shonny Vanlandingham (Durango, Colo./Luna), the U.S. National Team's fifth participant in the elite women's race, did not start due to sickness.

Georgia knows what' in her game!

Shimano Rep - Alex Gardner can use any fit!

Alex Gardner can pull off some of the best pedal strokes you can ask for on his bike!
He is also a student of XC Skiing, which requires the same level of focus!

Why is this? First Alex has been an student of both of these sports for years, and backed up what his techniques do on snow, mtb & road, tt. For the most part, Alex would put a bit of time on the fields of mtb & road because he cared about technique. That also means you need to have the correct bike setup, in order to get the technique. No question, the foot pedal system is huge.



Alex founded the Boise Stars when Remi McManus won the U.S. Road Championships in 2001. Both of them still use Wobble-naught CAD and Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish to get it right. Alex is a rep, traveling the North West retail stores, and he came to us to get both his bikes fine-tuned. I asked, "Why us?" And he said, "It's the science." No one is doing the science like we do!



I had Alex fit Shimano's new 2007 NanoTec R300 Thermo-form shoes for me. They have a hollow channel architecture to reduce weight. He formed them just like we did our ski boots years ago. It's nice to see the industry catching on to the high-tech. It has only taken a few hurdred years! We still fight the many myths! Ha! Do they work? Yes! The interface of foot and pedal is almost there! I used the Sole footbed within the shoe. I have my reasons. Talk about power, or lowering the lag time! When you jump on the stroke, you go!


Alex & Remi are still students of technique, training, equipment, and racing. They both love using the latest research, putting it into actual methods of improvement.
Both have, for the most part, stayed injury-free through the years.



A sport is very cool, when you can improve year after year. You only get faster!

TEAm Lipton... kicking off the season nicely.

Our master fitter - Craig Upton - gives us the heads up on TEAm Lipton!

"TEAm Lipton's Kori Seehafer kicked the season off nicely with a victory at Valley of the Sun stage race. She started on the right foot, by crushing the TT, and then holding onto the lead to win the overall title."

Also following Kori, new rider to TEAm Lipton, Nicole Evans, finished 3rd overall. Looks like the season is off to a great start.

In AKA "Smilie" words, Cheers Mate!!!

Our two Luna Chix's - Shonny Vanlandingham & Georgia Gould race in Argentina.

It is race season again! Both mtb stars/pros Shonny Vanlandingham and up and comer, U.S. women's mountain bike racers will show their stuff in Argentina. Both have spent much time with Wobble-naught and Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish.

Training is without question or doubt one of the most effective ways to improve performance. Cyclists spend hours and hours on their bicycles. At this time, training science is kind of a soft science, meaning that there is no 'one truth'. Different methods may work for different people, so cyclists and coaches have many opinions/preferences.

Most training is based on principles from common sense and for a greater part, experience. One of the potential dangers is then developing the appropriate training, and not having the bike set-up for the best positive muscle power.

Not so for Shonny & Georgia. They have trained for the concentric muscle power, plus the eccentric muscle power to make pedal power; most of this happening within the downstroke. It must be pointed out that power is either put into the pedal or absorption by the muscles at different crank cycle.

The goal should be to maximize the average pedal power. Muscles should maximize while shortening, making a positive muscle power as high as possible. To use a lengthening contraction only places heat into the muscles in question.

These international experts use us for the the competitive edge, based on Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish fact rather than on tradition or guesswork. Both have the time on our fit and they hold the knowledge and have the experience in techniques, training, and racing information.



Put them together and you have a wealth of research based and experiential advice. They are at the top of mtb international cylcing. They have the information gap and they can widen their lead over the competition.

Should be fun!

A Lesson Learned!

We just worked with Tina Pic in her home in Buford, GA. Tina has just gone through our fitter, Eddie O'Dea, and as a follow up, I was to provide our Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish for her review.

I arrived on Saturday afternoon, but my bag did not show up until Sunday night, about 9:30pm. Tina was to leave the very next day for a World Cup down-under.

That Sunday morning, I checked a few measurements and set the bike up according to the CAD solution. Later I had the chance to ride with her husband, Chris, in the back of their Jeep. Before long we were hitting speeds of 55-60mph.



The temperature was about 40 Farenheit and I captured most of her riding. Up and down the road we went, uphill and downhill. After we got back to their home, Tina pointed out that she was able to make more watts, up to 40 watts more! I looked at her husband and said, "Are you sure?" I then asked how long she had used her SRM and she said a few years! Tina did say at that point, "I don't know if I could do that for 4 hours." She knew she had worked different muscles.



As I understand it, Tina got to her races and had very little time to adapt to the new fit. The lesson here is the new fit was too much, too soon. We threw the dice and she was not able to adapt to the new fit that soon. Tina pointed out that she was able to make more power, but was not able to go like she needed after about two hours. She had many more hours with her old position.



The explanation for this is in the length-tension and force-velocity properties of the skeletal muscle. Changes in saddle height will alter the range of motion of the legs, and subsequently the length changes experienced by the leg muscles.

Obviously the range of motion that each leg must go through influences the force-production capabilities. Additionally, leg position affects the muscle movements at each joint. Joint torques are generated by the muscles in the leg.

The reality here is a cyclist has the ability to change the working range of the legs. This force can be read by using EMG. As saddle height is increased, the leg muscles turn on earlier in pedaling and stay on longer. They are on longer for a longer period of time and your body needs time to adjust.

Tina did take 4th on the 3rd Stage with the new fit, a super effort. She then decided to move it back to her old saddle height, and won the last Stage. This goes to show you that it's best not to adjust your bike immediately prior a Major race.

Serious cyclits are searching for the competitive edge - one based on fact rather than on tradition or guesswork. They hit the wind tunnels, use powermeters, etc...

So the next time you wish to change your fit, give it some time. We even point this out on our Solution page. It takes time for muscles to get use to a new saddle height, more power or not!

A&F Camp - Macon, GA

The heart of GA.



Our gal keeping the rhythm on a little 110 mile ride!






Tom;

It was great having you again!!!! The Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish was worth the wait and your knowledge is unparalleled.

Thanks again!

Best,

Chad Thompson, GM/CEO
Inferno Racing
A&F Pro Development Cycling Team
892 Hampton Drive
Macedonia, Ohio 44056-1922
F. 330.467.1821
C. 216.513.4881
chad.thompson@infernoracing.org

Seventh Heaven or 17th Heaven?

Tom-

Came in for a fit on my new 14lb. De Rossa prototype Protos w/ Power Tap. It is one 16 De Rossa's I own and fit by you to make up for difference between the "same" size bike.

The most amazing part was the focus of my pedal stroke - gained 30 watts w/ no addition effort by working on the pedal stroke w/ your software.




Absolutely Amazing!

Jim Crooke

Tour of California-Navigators Team 2nd!

Stage 4 - February 22: Seaside to San Luis Obispo, 213.4km
Two world champs go one-two in SLO.
Leipheimer holds onto three second lead.

Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 5.05.47
2 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile
3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
7 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
10 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto
11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
12 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
13 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas
14 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
15 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
16 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
17 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC
18 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto
19 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
20 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole
21 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
22 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
23 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
24 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
25 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
26 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile
27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
28 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
29 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
30 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team
31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step
32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
33 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
34 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
35 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile
36 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
37 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
39 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole
40 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile
41 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro
42 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
44 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
45 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
46 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step
47 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
48 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile
49 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
50 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
51 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
52 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
53 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
54 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
56 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
57 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
58 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile
59 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
60 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC
61 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
62 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
63 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
64 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole
65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step
66 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
67 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
68 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
69 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro
70 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home
71 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
72 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
73 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC
74 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
75 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto
76 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole
77 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
78 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
79 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
80 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
81 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
82 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas
83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
84 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
85 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
86 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC
87 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
88 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole
89 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
91 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
92 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step
93 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile
94 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.29
95 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 0.47
96 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home
97 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
98 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 1.27
99 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC
100 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC
101 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team
102 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team
103 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.33
104 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
105 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
106 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.57
107 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
108 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 2.08
109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
110 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
111 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile
112 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team
113 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro
114 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 2.15
115 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.29
116 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team
117 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team
118 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
119 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 3.14
120 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro
121 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home
122 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro
123 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team
124 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
125 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home
126 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 4.01
127 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC 8.02
DNF Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF John Devine (USA) USA National team
DNF Tejay Van Garderen (USA) USA National team
DNS Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro


Teams

1 Rabobank 15.17.21
2 Team CSC
3 Predictor-Lotto
4 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
5 T-Mobile Team
6 Credit Agricole
7 Health Net Presented by Maxxis
8 Gerolsteiner
9 Quick Step-Innergetic
10 Jelly Belly Cycling Team
11 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
12 Liquigas
13 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
14 Team Slipstream
15 BMC Racing Team
16 Colavita/Sutter Home Presented by Cooking Light 1.34
17 Priority Health Cycling Team 3.56

General classification after stage 4

1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.52.12
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.03
3 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.15
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 0.16
5 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.17
6 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.18
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.19
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-mobile
9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.20
10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.23
12 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.24
14 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-mobile 0.25
16 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.27
17 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas
18 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.28
19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.29
20 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
21 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole
22 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 0.30
23 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita Sutter Home
24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.31
25 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 0.34
26 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
27 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 0.36
28 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step
29 Jakob Piil (Den) T-mobile
30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 0.38
32 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.39
33 Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.43
34 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.44
35 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.49
36 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.51
37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.52
38 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 3.14
39 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
40 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.15
41 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-mobile
42 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.21
43 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.23
44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3.26
45 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 3.27
46 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3.28
47 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.31
48 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.32
49 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.33
50 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 3.34
51 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC
52 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3.35
53 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.36
54 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3.37
55 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.39
56 Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
57 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 3.40
58 Michael Barry (Can) T-mobile
59 Darren Lill (RSA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 3.42
60 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC
61 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 3.43
62 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.50
63 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.52
64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.04
65 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4.11
66 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC 4.52
67 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 5.05
68 Peter Hatton (Aus) Colavita Sutter Home 5.07
69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 5.23
70 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.39
71 Aaron Olson (USA) T-mobile 6.18
72 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7.55
73 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.11
74 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10.14
75 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10.18
76 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 10.19
77 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-mobile 10.20
78 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 10.24
79 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10.33
80 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 10.36
81 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-mobile 10.38
82 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 10.50
83 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.19
84 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.54
85 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12.35
86 Brent Bookwalter (USA) USA National team 12.46
87 Edward King (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 13.00
88 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 13.30
89 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 13.38
90 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 15.10
91 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 15.13
92 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.14
93 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 15.20
94 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
95 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 15.22
96 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 15.23
97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 15.25
98 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.29
99 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15.35
100 Nicolar Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15.36
101 Nicolas Gates (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 15.38
102 Alexander Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15.40
103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
104 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.51
105 Nic Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 17.06
106 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 17.08
107 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC 17.43
108 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 17.51
109 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Sutter Home 18.38
110 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota United Pro 18.53
111 Caleb Manion (USA) Toyota United Pro 18.54
112 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.01
113 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
114 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC 19.09
115 Henk Vogels (Aus) Toyota United Pro 19.25
116 Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita Sutter Home 20.05
117 Michael Sayers (USA) BMC 20.53
118 Caleb Fairly (USA) USA National team 20.56
119 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Toyota United Pro 21.11
120 Brian Sheedy (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 21.41
121 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Colavita Sutter Home 22.11
122 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Priority Health Cycling Team 22.55
123 Michael Jones (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.11
124 Brian Dziewa (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 23.36
125 Ken Hanson (USA) BMC 24.10
126 Bryce Mead (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24.22
127 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home 24.41

Team classification

1 Team CSC 53.37.28
2 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.03

2007 Tour of California - Stage 4

What does having a WN dealer teaching you how to pedal have to do w/ it?

First Craig Upton spent much time w/ the Navigators Insurance down in NM to make sure they had the best fit and understood the truth about the best pedal stroke. Today Navigators had 3 in the top 22nd w/ Viktar Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team taking 15th today.

At the end of Stage 4, Navigators Insurance has Ben Day 6th Aus),only 0:18 back of the lead. Also Todd H worked w/ 7th place Ryder Hesjedal (CAN), Health Net-Maxxis, 0:19.

Want to get better, see one of our dealers!

What's in your game?

Tour de CA. Many WN users do well!

Below are pros who havoe been impacted by our fits, and against some of the best in the in world! Many w/ only one month in the legs?

Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery 4.49.50
2 Jason Donald (USA) Team Slipstream 0.01.00
3 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (USA) Priority Health 0.04.73
4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net Maaxis 0.05.20
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) CSC 0.06.48
6 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile 0.06.55
7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0.07.41
8 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.07.46
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery 0.07.74
10 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.07.80
11 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net Maaxis 0.08.62
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.09.06
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC 0.09.65
14 David Zabriskie (USA) CSC 0.09.67
15 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 0.09.78
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) CSC 0.09.92
17 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery 0.10.33
18 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net Maaxis 0.12.12
19 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team Slipstream 0.12.65
20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.12.86
21 Veleriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance 0.13.23
22 Bobby Julich (USA) CSC 0.13.72
23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Discovery 0.13.85
24 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota United Pro 0.14.25
25 Christopher Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 0.14.30
26 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Maaxis 0.14.35
27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 0.15.08
28 Chris Wherry (USA) Toyota United Pro 0.14.80
29 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota United Pro 0.15.06
30 Ian Mckissick (USA) BMC 0.15.97
31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.16.70
32 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 0.17.00
33 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 0.17.07
34 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.17.35
35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery 0.17.90
36 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 0.18.19
37 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream 0.18.40
38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Slipstream 0.19.43
39 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.18.65
40 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery 0.18.70
41 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.19.23
42 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery 0.19.38
43 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Maaxis 0.20.48
44 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.19.83
45 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.20.27
46 Justin England (USA) Toyota United Pro 0.20.31
47 Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home 0.20.36
48 Tom Zirbel (USA) Priority Health 0.21.00
49 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile 0.21.03
50 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.21.21
51 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.22.27
52 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream 0.22.00
53 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Slipstream 0.22.44
54 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.22.64
55 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Maaxis 0.22.85
56 Philip Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.22.86
57 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.22.97
58 Charly Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 0.23.44
59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 0.23.72
60 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.24.29
61 Russell Downing (GBr) Health Net Maaxis 0.24.92
62 David Vitoria (Swi) BMC 0.25.04
63 Grischa Jan Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 0.25.08
64 Greg Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 0.25.31

Hawaii Results!

When we went to work w/ Shonny Vanlandingham-Luna at Kona, we then headed over to Honolulu to fit and work w/ a few other folks.

At the same time, Dr. Michael McMahon, PhD-Physiology who's spouse was Sydney's 2000 Triathlete Olympic Champion came to Boca Cycling shop, watched & learned. Dr. McMahon did his PhD work on O2 uptake in cylcing in Switzerland. We spent much time, even days & nights, explaining how we used Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish to teach & dial in the the best pedal stroke.

Dr. Michael McMahon even had Dr. Jan Prins, PhD, the Director, Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Hawaii join us. We spoke about the subject of being more effective!

Below is a sample of that time spent on a better pedal stroke w/ local Mike Z.

Had my first race of the 07 Sunday, won by about 1.5 mins!. Only a 12.7 mile TT but I did it in 27-min 11-sec (official time was 28min something because I missed my start
time).. either way I still averaged 28.03mph or so... fastest I've ever gone and highest power I've ever TT'd at (400w!).

Didn't change my position at all... Just put on the aero bars on the road bike. Position felt good understanding I needed to lower my front end a bunch since I don't have a TT bike... to get my head out of the wind.

Mike Z.

What's in your game?

The Tour of CA., is almost here!

Here are a few of the names that are in our Wobble-naught data base.

Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Health Net
Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team
Charles Dionne (Can) Team Colvita
Brent Brookwalter (USA) USA Cycling Development Team
Glen Chadwick (NZ) Navigtors Insurance
Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigtors Insurance
Victor Rapinski (Bri) Navigtors Insurance
Darren Lill (RSA) Navigtors Insurance
Valerity Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigtors Insurance

It should be fun to watch!

What have you herd?

What kind of herd are you running with?

These are important questions, of interest not only to physical educators & athletics coaches but also to a variety of others, including physicians, nurses, physical therapists, human factors engineers, physical anthropologists, and "zoologists".

One might ask, Are physical educators & coaches scientist? The answer depends on their approach to problem solving.

Coaches who systematically evaluate their selection & training of individuals can be considered scientists. The scientist-coach introduces an exercise stimulus & systematically evaluates the response.

The non-scientist-coach, in contrast, administers the training problem according to a fix whim-such as mimicking the techniques of successful athletes - or by conforming tenaciously to traditional practices for the herd! Round em boys! Get em to market!

We don't look at you as part of the herd.

Without Education, We Are In Horrible And Deadly Danger Of Taking Educated People Seriously!

Without science, to challenge the educated, the world would still be flat!

Motion what does it mean?

You would be surprised by the lack of understanding in physical science. Even w/ simple applications, many don't use any form of Newton's Laws to make sense of things?

Most can't state facts about circles, parabolas, and ellipses. If dealing w/ something that goes in a circle, it might be good to understand what a tangent line is. Perhaps, understanding how projectiles move through the air in a parabolic path. Lastly, it might be good to know that a ellipses is the path any planet makes in space.

How can people say they are a science based person and not understand a formula is an equation that shows a relationship between various quantities. That evaluating a formula consists of substituting numerical values for all but one of the quantities, then solving the resulting equation for the remaining quantity, which is the unknown. You hear they don't buy into formula based systems? How do they measure things?

Don't worry, I am not going into quantum theory and relativity.

There are three fundamental quantities upon which all other quantities in the physical sciences are based: length, mass, and time. The meaning of these terms seems evident all of us, yet define them in the dictionary or written word is quite unsatisfactory. (Try looking them up!)

You will have a debate w/ those who don't understand that we can measure them!!!

The term motion implies a change in an object' position in a given time interval. Motion in the real world is very complicated. For most not easy to understand.

So if we are to understand an object, we first have to understand its position in space.

How do we measure position? First, we need a point in space which is fixed during the object's motion. Then we imagine an x-y coordinate
system to be centered at that point. Such a coordinate system is called a frame of reference. Any point firmly attached to the earth's surface or other fixed objects can be considered the origin of a "frame of reference".

Sometimes an object moves in a circle. In this special case, we indicate position by the angle.

Changes of position, which are vital in the description of motion, can be denoted by specifying one of three possible quantities:

1) The distance, d, that an object travels.
2) The displacement, D, which is a vector quantity whose magnitude is the straight line distance between initial & final positions of an object, and whose direction is the direction from the initial to the final position. Note that displacement is not the same thing a distance. If a object moves from some point A to a point B,distance of 5mm, and then back again, the displacement is zero but the distance travels is 10mm.
3) The angular displacement, which is the change in the angle in the special case of circular motion.

These are basic laws know as Newton's Laws. Newton's laws are laws concerning forces and their relation to motion. For now, we will define a forceas a push or a pull. Since pushing or pulling sometimes causes an object to move, a force is often thought of as that which causes motion.

Newton's Third Law states that if object A exerts a force on object B, then B must exert a force on A equal in magnitude but opposite in direction. This pair of forces is called an action-reaction pair.

This law is often misunderstood. Consider the motion of a car. The tires of a car exert a rearward force on the ground. By Newton's 3rd Law, the ground exerting equal force on the car but in the forward direction. The car moves because the force due to the ground (the unbalanced force) pushes it forward. While it is true that the sum of the action plus reaction forces adds up to zero, the sum of the forces on the car does not add to zero. Hence, the car moves.

Mathematically, we can express many things that can't be seen w/ the eye.

Kinetic energy, is the energy a body possesses because it is moving. We measure work by joules. You have to make more joules to make more speed. For most, we understand at a steady speed, the kinetic energy remains constant. Hence (if there are no hills), the engine uses gas only to overcome friction, not to increase the kinetic energy.

Potential energy is the energy that a body has because of its position. For instance, a body high off the ground has the potential to do work. It can fall and the resulting motion can be harnessed to do work. The potential energy a body has because of height is called gravitational potential energy.

A body at a particular height does not have a unique amount of potential energy. Since a body gains speed as it falls, it is clear that if that body gains more speed that falling at less height, the amount of work it can do depends not only on the initial height but also on how far it falls.

Take a simple device, the pendulum, the higher the pendulum reaches a height from its lowest position, the more the pendulum has potential energy. At the same time its kinetic energy is zero because initially it is not moving know as total energymgh.

As a body moves toward its lowest position, its potential energy decreases. Its kinetic energy must therefore increase so that the total remains constant. At the lowest position, the potential is zero and all of the pendulum's energy is kinetic, making its speed a maximum there.

The maximum speed of the pendulum mg(h+H); quite reasonably, it depends on how high it is pulled up.

What happens to the pendulum after it reaches the bottom of its swing? Its momentum carries it past the bottom and back up again. It gains PE and lose KE, but you also have to add the effect of friction when the pendulum is headed back up.

By the way, if you can't get your pendulum high at the top of the swing, and you drop the mass of the leg behind the lowest point of the pendulum you are just putting the brakes on. For the normal joe & mary, that is 10,000 times per hour you have braked?


Whats in your game?

Sole "Truth" at TEAm Lipton race Camp!

Craig Upton, well known as "Smiley" doing what he does best! Craig was on hand at the TEAm Lipton race camp providing the the number one "Women's Pro Cycling TEAm Lipton" "Truth in Comfort & Performance",and to ensure they each get the most out of their game.

Its the things that you don't see that make the difference. If you stack your bones for their best movements, knowing you have the best solution for your bike, then you custom fit the Sole footbed to that blue-print, power comes!

Maybe that is why TEAm Lipton is the #1 TEAm, they listen? Racer's will not use anything that doesn't improve their game. Just ask World Champion Kristin Armstrong!


Sole insoles are the best insoles you will ever own! They provide the best biofeedback for the pedal stroke. They even guarantee your satisfied, or return them w/in 90 days for a refund.

What's in your game?

The Secret of Success Is Constancy To Purpose

Education is the best way to advance ones game. There are many who have experience in fitting, but are they consistent & repeatable?

Our CAD takes into account your 3D for the best solution. We see it all the time, after the WN CAD, the Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish works best.

When you get to the bottom of it, the "purpose" of it all is to fire the muscles in the correct order.

Kinesiology/Biomechanics/EMG equals the most Effective!

You read and hear from your local pro about the perfect pedal stroke? How to get the most energy from each revolution? What about being the most effective? What gets you to the finish line first?

We agree that the stroke is very complex and we agree that mastering it can make a difference.

Aristotle was the first to analyze and describe the complex process of walking, in which rotatory motion is transformed into translatory motion. This guy had a better understanding of Newton's three laws of motion and he could "demonstrate" the roles of gravity, the laws of motion, and leverage.

That is what we do, we show you! You watch and learn what you need to do!

Let it be understood, there is not one perfect stroke. Even on flat terrain, tt, you can change the timing of your muscles by changing your positions! This was the very problem w/ the top World Cup coaches and their skiers. Each team/coach would just copy what the others are doing during a given season? There is no "Sliver Bullet". Bike fitting pros claim where the greatest muscle activity is, how do they know that w/o EMG?

There are claims of hamstrings vs. quads, etc... At a certain degree e.g. 12 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, etc... Does everyone have the timing of Rectus femoris
spot on?

Physical characteristics of the body of a human is the first important step in analyzing its movements. How one grew and their structure of the bones, joints, and their muscles can be used to determine appropriate or inappropriate movement activities for a variety of age groups.

Our anthropometrics, or the measurements of the body's physical characteristics is what makes a difference. The mechanical aspect of any system is called mechanics, and that is divided into two categories statics and dynamics.

To go deeper in study, is to look at the time and space factors of a system, and kinetics, the study of the forces acting on a body that influence its movement.

One may attempt to perform a static analysis e.g. KOPS knee over pedal spindle, however, dynamic analysis is required because total body or segmental movement takes place. Bone mass makes a difference.

Watch anyone who becomes a student on how to perform the perfect ski turn and you will more than likely see poor performance. They look good, but how effective are the moves? When I lived in Jackson Hole, WY I would watch the full cert PSIA guys & gals attempt to use what they learned on a less steep hill and attempt to use it, only to get carried off the mountain by the pro patrol. This is not a joke, this is real!!!

How can a person who has spent years to become a full cert PSIA/coach come to Jackson Hole, WY, to tear up Teton Village and use moves that don't work? Immediate comment poor"timing"., wrong moves on the wrong play ground! Their best turns at home are not "effective" on that mountain.

Efficiency and effectiveness of performance are not the same. If one is to consider the efficiency of movement, one must incorporate the concepts of work and energy. An efficient movement is one in which a given amount of work (movement) is done w/ a minimum of energy expenditure. This is a definite advantage to performers as in a marathon to limit their amount of energy for repetitive tasks for hours. Is this true for the long haul on the bike? Not in all cases.

For most sports activities, however, the primary concern is not only w/ saving energy to prolong performance. That energy might come from ones efforts. Rather, biomechanist's focus on these activities are concerned more w/ the effectiveness of a performance,that is, w/ determining the most appropriate movement options to help the performer successfully accomplish the overall performance objective. If you can't tap into your maximum, don't expect to cross the line first!

The degree of work required by the movement or the amount of energy expended in performing it are not as always the most important. Example, runner in a 100-m run can be performed more efficiently by a runner who runs at half the speed of a more effective runner who arrives at the finish line first.

The same holds true for the athlete being effective (successful) in the mile race if the running speed were minimized to conserve energy. Instead the runner needs to learn how to optimize their speed (and rate of energy expenditure) to accomplish the purpose. If the saddle is set for saving the most energy, making a certain technique, you might not get to the end of the race first.

So if you set the saddle location to allow the user to "LEARN" through practice finding optimal speed, but they can move to conserve energy, then back to maximize performance over the course, that might be a better option.

So all the talk seems to be "optimizing efficiency to maximize effectiveness".

Generally, an effective movement is optimally efficient; however, a maximally efficient movement is "NOT" necessarily bi mechanically effective if the saddle constraint does not allow you to maximized you stroke.

EMG allows objective quantification of the energy of the muscle. You can "see" synergies in the energy patterns that cannot be seen w/ the naked eye or a powermeter.
The observer is allowed to see the muscle energy at rest & changing continuously over the course of a movement. With multiple sensor arrays, it is possible to differentiate how different aspect of muscles do different things.

To state there is a "The Perfect Pedal Stroke" is very misleading!

A better question is does the "muscle fire early or late" in a recruitment pattern? Does a particular exercise actually activate the muscle it is intended to, or is there a substitution pattern present? Does the muscle turn off following a given movement, or does it show irritability following movement? That is a waste!

One thing is for sure, if your saddle is set to minimized the energy, but does not allow for maximize performance you are not going to be the first across the line.


We think you need to learn what is the best of all worlds. Maximize, minimize, and optimize your game.

The "Perfect Pedal Stroke" NAUGHT! A person who is more "effective" and knows how to do it all and who arrives at the finish line first is the focus. The saddle set in a location so you can't optimize your game has no chance.

Craig Upton's New Zealand's countryman takes tt down-under.

Craig holds office in CA., and he is our master fitter! He started w/ Wobble-naught years ago in NYC w/in his home. Now his partner Mike runs things from their Performance Labs. He is part owner of TEAm Lipton and has hepled many reach their goals or golds!!! Below is only one of many who Mr. Upton has helped.

CHADDIE Wins TT Nationals

New Zealand born Australian raised Glen Chadwick won the inaugural elite men's national time trial championship in perfect conditions in Upper Hutt today, three seconds ahead of Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Gordon McCauley. McCauley was nearly 40 seconds up on Chadwick at the 20km half way point but a fast second half of the race saw Chadwick, who was seeded ninth, sneak home ahead of top seed McCauley, - see latest news at http://www.performancelabshc.com

Performance Labs HC is New York City's endurance solution, specializing in precision physiological testing, training and biomechanics. Whether you're an amateur or World Champion, our training methods focus exclusively on the most scientific approach currently used by athletes on professional teams such as Rabobank, Navigators Insurance and World Championship winning TEAm Lipton.

Performance Labs
Craig Upton
1832 Centro West
Tiburon, CA 94920
craig.upton@gmail.com
t: 917 353-4083

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Big Guns Going to Herriott Sports Performance!

Todd Herriott has the respect of many, after racing for many years. Todd is now getting even more respect after conducting our fits and his services at his new "Herriott Performance Center" in Seattle, WA. Todds informs us that he has nothing but super feedback e.g. newcomers to the 2007 Healthnet Team Ryder Hesjeda(CAN).


Herriott Sports Performance
Todd Herriott
1207 6th Ave. North
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: 646 206-3349
todd@herriottsportsperformance.com


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Does our Science work? Great Britain team sprint Gold

2007 World Cup Track sees the Brits taking Gold. For many of you, you would not have known or been aware that the Brits have worked very hard for two years w/ Dartfish software to get it to work w/ SRM to study their game. The results - Gold!

It is true, not everyone can be on a National Team, having the tools to learn how to peform better. But that will change. By this spring, that same high-tech will be part of our Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish that works w/ SRM pkg. You will be able to see your game inside & out. Many of our dealers can't wait. The game will never be the same!

Want to get up to 15% from you Quads?

Rectus femoris (Biomechanics)

Using our Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish, we can find more power.











The rectus femoris comprises 15% of the normalized physiological cross sectional area of the quadriceps and acts parallel to the shaft of the femur.

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