The Importance of Communication During a Bike Fit: A Call for Research

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Alex Jane SmethurstIndependent scholars, Stockholm, Sweden

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Iain Stuart FindlayIndependent scholars, Stockholm, Sweden

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2022-0119
Keywords:
interpersonal skills; training provision; International Bike Fitting Institute (IBFI)
First Published Online:
10 Oct 2022
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Volume 16: Issue 1
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7–11
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Bike fitting is a rapidly developing profession in the field of sport and well-being. The profession is governed by the International Bike Fitting Institute, which recently announced the creation of a common education syllabus. Although this is a positive step forward, to ensure the integrity of the profession, it is important that the content of the syllabus be evidence based. This, however, may prove challenging as there is currently a paucity of research regarding certain aspects of the bike-fitting role. One area that appears to have been largely neglected is the relationship and importance of communication between the bike fitter and client. This scholarly commentary presents research from other professions that demonstrates both the importance of this omission and the necessity to include training on communication and interpersonal skills in the International Bike Fitting Institute’s proposed education provision.

Smethurst (alex@painfreepower.se) is corresponding author, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6042-1048

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