I will not be buying a frame from any shop in the Boulder area, but need a good fit. Can anyone point me to the best? I'd like to come out the other end having spent no more than $50-75, and I want a comprehensive write up of an appropriate frame's dimensions, angles, saddle-BB, stem length, head tube length, etc. I'm thinking Sports Garage or Vecchio's, or maybe Excel? Thanks - S

I will not be buying a frame from any shop in the Boulder area, but need a good fit. Can anyone point me to the best? I'd like to come out the other end having spent no more than $50-75, and I want a comprehensive write up of an appropriate frame's dimensions, angles, saddle-BB, stem length, head tube length, etc. I'm thinking Sports Garage or Vecchio's, or maybe Excel? Thanks - S

Louisville Cyclery and Wheatridge Cycle. I would go the Sports Garage and Excel first if you don't want to leave Boulder. I've, along with other, had not been happy w/ customer service w/ Vecchio's. Good luck!

I will not be buying a frame from any shop in the Boulder area, but need a good fit. Can anyone point me to the best? I'd like to come out the other end having spent no more than $50-75, and I want a comprehensive write up of an appropriate frame's dimensions, angles, saddle-BB, stem length, head tube length, etc. I'm thinking Sports Garage or Vecchio's, or maybe Excel? Thanks - S

I don't know who offers is as a service, but Pro Peleton is big on fit as a selling point and so is Louisville Cyclery. University is a terrific shop. You have many choices 'round here.

Pro Peloton charges $200 for a fitting. However, they will roll this cost into the purchase of a new bike.

I will not be buying a frame from any shop in the Boulder area, but need a good fit. Can anyone point me to the best? I'd like to come out the other end having spent no more than $50-75, and I want a comprehensive write up of an appropriate frame's dimensions, angles, saddle-BB, stem length, head tube length, etc. I'm thinking Sports Garage or Vecchio's, or maybe Excel? Thanks - S
Boulder Center for Sports medicine offers a really comprehensive fit. Pricey though.

http://www.bch.org/sportsmedicine/science.cfm#Bike%20Fit

Louisville Cyclery and Wheatridge Cycle. I would go the Sports Garage and Excel first if you don't want to leave Boulder. I've, along with other, had not been happy w/ customer service w/ Vecchio's. Good luck!
What was your prob with Vecchios? Always had great service there. Do you run Sh*mano or something? ;)

Thanks all. A few things: I will NOT be buying a bike or frame from a shop. I've plenty of sources for stuff direct from QBP, and am a more than qualified mechanic. The frame itself will be custom built (I've already selected a builder), but I'm unsure of my abilities regarding road bike design. (It's not that I don't trust my builder, either - I just want as much input as I can garner.) I'm pretty competent when it comes to MTBs, but things are very different for the road, especially for the kind of frame I need.

I think I'll probably go with Sports Garage; I like them and trust the shop, and have never gotten a bad attitude from anyone there. The guys at Vecchio's work on a family member's Waterford, but I've never gotten along too well with them. They want too badly to sell me a Calfee (or what have you). The same pretty much goes for Pro Peloton, but I'll bet they're good at fitting a frame. I'm not forking over $200 when I'm not even considering buying a bike from them, though. Louisville is pretty close to me, but they too will want me to buy a bike from them, and some slip up of mine might throw what would normally be a comprehensive fit off just a smidge.

Unless you know exactly how you want your knee placed relative to the pedal spindle, any fitting will probably include the basic "neutral" KOP setting. Might be fine, might not.

Also, the seatpost style, saddle model, handlebar model and brake/shift levers should all be duplicated on the fit bike. If they're not, more errors will show up later.

A really good fitter take all of the above into account. Fittings that don't address all of these items are merely a ballpark fit, not something to base a custom built frame upon.

If you're willing to drive down to the Littleton area, I highly recommend Hans down at Bike Source. They charge $100 for a two-hour fitting (they do the Serotta size-cycle thing). I've been very happy with the custom bike I purchased based on his fitting.

Boulder Center for Sports medicine offers a really comprehensive fit. Pricey though.

http://www.bch.org/sportsmedicine/science.cfm#Bike%20Fit

I don't want a physiologist who thinks he's a mechanic, nor do I want a mechanic who thinks he's a physiologist......