Certified & Experienced
My coaching background which involved working with world-class athletes of all, my racing, and personal injury history have been a significant inspiration for learning and staying up to date with the most cutting-edge fitting techniques for my clients, having a comprehensive understanding of biomechanics and movement on and off the bike through years of studying endurance and power sports. I have medical biomechanic certifications, I have coached kinesiology professors, physical therapists, I have been to multiple bike fitting schools, I make custom 3D printed Lifts, Wedges, Designed and made by me to manage leg length differences and instability in feet to protect knees, hips, back, ankles… I've witnessed profound effects on power, and endurance, and I feel most important, the long-term health of my clients by profoundly reducing injury risks.
BIKE FIT by TFT / THE FORCE TRAINING PERFORMANCE STUDIO
2035 PLACENTIA AVE UNIT E COSTA MESA, CA 92627
It's for Everyone
It is often overlooked by new riders and not done frequently enough by experienced athletes.
For ALL endurance athletes, BIKE FIT by TFT can mitigate repetitive stress injury risks and sore points as the body adjusts to both new movements and static holds. Muscle soreness is a positive adaptation that can be managed and recovered from for growth. Acute pain will not only have a negative impact on your health and goals but also take the joy out of riding your bike. So many people I have worked with have learned to tolerate so much discomfort they don’t know what feels right or good.
Too often do I see experience riders that all of a sudden developed a problem, strain, or injury that took them off the bike for weeks or months. They didn’t all of a sudden have this problem, over time major muscle development imbalances occurred, bodies great ability to compensate for some people it takes years before they are in serious pain, others sometimes months after something as seemingly harmless as changing a pair of shoes, saddle, new bike.
Pricing and Service
X - Y Fit Bike Fitting for Road, Tri, Adventure, Gravel, CX, MTB, Track, OR FUTURE BIKE PURCHSE Fitting
325-450$ including G8 Insoles +50-100$ for Tri/TT bikes
Using a Purely Custom X-Y Fit bike is the most ideal way to test any and every circumstance to ensure the most perfect ideal fitting with what you have and also ensure to test parameters you might not have with your current bike. If you are considering buying a new bike you want to do this before you buy! This can save you a ton of time and money. I have over 30k in tooling to utilize and dozens of saddles to test from but I start by putting your bike on my Purely Custom Platform and measure everything to apply to the XY fit bike, then I take a comprehensive dive into the feet, pedal, cleat, insole interface, looking for instability, posterior, anterior, medial or lateral muscle dominance, also determining leg length differences and creating solutions. Looking for the most ideal contact with the foot and shoe even before you get on the fit bike. I will make suggestions for ideal shoes or other in the fitting for future.
Comprehensive fitting, non X-Y Fit Bike, Options + Other Testing
The Comprehensive Non-XY Bike Fitting is a fitting where the bike you have would go on a trainer and platform I have, I take all the measurements of the bike, take a deep dive into your feet for cleat fitting, legs, hips like I would on the XY fitting, then get you on the bike for any all adjustments that can be made, record the critical angles and notes or any recommendations for shoes, insoles, components down the road on a Bike Fit by TFT PDF that will help you with future bikes or recommendations of all kinds. (For some tri or other complicated bikes the basic fitting is 225$ because of the length of time to adjust some)
All full fittings are followed up with the most comprehensive bike fitting follow up, expectations via email with fitting document. I check in a few times post fitting to see how the adaptation process is going. Future set ups of cleats, shoes, new saddles, new bikes, issues come at a major discount.
All fittings, if they take less time than anticipated I charge less!
There could be an additional cost of shims, wedges, and lift. I use custom 3D printed Lifts, Wedges, Designed and made by me to manage leg length differences and instability in feet to protect knees, hips, back, ankles… These costs are pretty minor. The most expensive I have seen the additions be is 60$ per set of shoes. The average cost is around 20$. ,
Everything I do is circumstantial, I can help people with flat bar roadbike with flat bar pedal set up, E-Bike, or other bike circumstnaces to make sure you have more injury resistance. Depending on the circumstnaces, time we might be able to get you set up for less. Figuring out what saddle is ideal can be a super tough thing to determine on your own, and expensive!! With the PurelyCustom fit machine I can set up the fit bike to your exact, current fit measurements and we can test and evaluate what saddle is ideal for you, referencing your previous saddle in seconds. A large selection of saddles to choose from JCOB, FIZIK, ISM, PRO, ADAMO, SPECIALIZED, SELLLE ITALIA, PRO LOGO, SELLE SMP with continuing to grow this selection. You bring your current bike and saddle so I can utilize the measurements and your current saddle for the baseline. Some saddles might be able to be utilized for short term demo’s at a cost.
I sell in house wide cycling shoes by Shimano, LAKE. I also stock Assos, Ceramic Speed, Speedplay, Shimano, Stages, Quarq, Zipp, Fluid, Perfect Amino, Conti Tires….
Contact me to answer any questions and schedule your fitting.
“To say working with Ashley has completely changed the way I ride and look at sport would be an understatement; he has completely changed my life for the better.
I first saw Ashley about three years ago when I was beginning to ride more and become more conscious about physiological effects. I came to him as an 18-year-old who had only been riding a few years and wanted to be more comfortable on the bike, as well as faster. Almost immediately after my first fit did I see improvements in both. I experienced no discomfort other than the expected burn in the legs, and set PR’s I had been chasing for a while.
No matter who walks through the door Ashley is there to help you and ensure that you can love the sport as much as he does, if not more (although hard to do)! He takes his time to ask about you, how you ride, where you ride, what you feel on the bike, he analyzes things I couldn’t have even imagined him to look at, but everything he does has a calculated reason.
Even since moving to Colorado, I still refuse to let anybody other than Ashley fit me to one of my bikes. If I’m getting a new bike, im checking my schedule to see when I can get back to California work with Ashley again. Two years since that first fit, and I’ve completed a couple double-centuries on the road bike and multiple 100+ mile days on the mountain bike. To be able to go ride a bike for more than 12 hours, then come home and have no pain other than sore legs is nothing short of a testament to the love and care he puts into his work. Everyone I ride with, friends, family, coworkers, have all heard me recommend him over and over again, because to find someone who with the wealth of knowledge that this man has is nearly impossible.
Ashley is a world class guy who provides a world class service that will make you feel like a world class rider. I truly couldn’t be more grateful that I met him, or for the help he has provided me.
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“I had been experiencing a lot of back pain prior to visiting Ashley. I had never been fit before so I wasn’t sure what to expect going in. Ashley walked me through everything and explained all the steps he was taking. He made the 3 hours fly by. After visiting my back pain has gone away and I’ve seen improvement in my riding. Thanks for such an awesome experience!”
I have been to a few bike fitting schools and Dan Empfeild who I consider to be the Godfather of bike fitting, his school is by far the best, most comprehensive and why I like to promote this school the most.
Understanding of movement, force in flexion on and off a bike took years, ten’s of thousands of hours of working with athletes, coaching olympians, world champions, national champions, setting world records, working with and coaching kinesiology professors and doctors of physical therapy and brilliant strength and conditioning experts to have the most comprehensive background possible to help you be as mechanically efficient as possible and most important reduce injury risks as much as possible.
What tools and technology do you use?
These are a few of the tools I use. Each are used for their specific area of feedback or adjustment so I can create a complete picture of your fit.
Purely Custom Fit Bike Pro 1
From the manufacturer: "The Fit Bike Pro 1 has resulted in the closest experience to a true ride by integrating technology from PowerBahn. Our load control unit electronically samples and controls load up to 1000 times a second allowing for accurate readings and corrections while the rider is in motion and under cycling conditions."
Systems for hip, knee, ankle and foot problems include:
FFMD tooling
The Forefoot Measuring Device (FFMD) is placed on the bottom of the foot to help gauge forefoot tilt and determine the number and angle of Cleat Wedges and/or ITS Wedges needed to accommodate the cyclist's varus or valgus feet.
Lake and Shimano Wide Shoe Line IN STOCK, I mostly stock the RC903, and CX302, CX333
Bambu Labs Carbon X1 3D printer with Carbon Fiber/Nylon and other materials to make the best, lifts, wedges, and aero spacers and other for ideal fitting.
Varus and Valgus Wedging
Internal or external wedges that tilt the foot in small increments or help with leg length discrepancy.
Lazer tracking and key point joint tracking
Goniometer
Accurate measurement of leg, hip, back, and arm angles.
Schedule a Fitting
I will do everything I can to answer your questions about your fitting before we schedule it. Contact me to learn more and schedule your fitting for a healthier and more effective way to make progress on your bike.