I had a great morning today, riding to meet with Aaron Hillebrand at Signature Cycles in Manhattan. Mr. Hillebrand, 28, is an expert at fitting a cycle to a rider, and as we found, a classmate of mine from 6th grade in East Grand Rapids, MI where I lived for a speck of my childhood. Located on 64th and West End, Signature Cycles caters to an exclusive set of precision cyclists, and gears their machines to the utmost in efficiency. As we re-united, having not seen each other for some seventeen years, Hillebrand graciously donated his time to fit me to my rig and parlayed his substantial experience in touring, having ridden from Michigan to Montana, and South Carolina to Maine, to name just a couple of trips.
During our discourse, I re-visited certain 'common sense' items of cycling and camping basics [no food in the tent,] and now that I've been properly fitted, I'm simply amazed at how much more power I get out of each pedal stroke. Hillebrand also donated a sundried collection of items [water bottle cage, sample packets of chamois cream, and a pair of clipless pedals] which will undoubtedly expedite and ease my travel. All thanks and praise to him and Signature Cycles. The ride there and back also doubled as my morning training.
Cheers,
--rz
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