Lecturer Biographies

Graham Anderson

With over 20 years' experience of working in a variety of sports, Graham is currently one of a select group of physios who cover the ATP World Tennis Tour, and since 2006 has been the Chief Physiotherapist to the All England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon). He has worked at three Olympic games as HQ physiotherapist to Team GB.Graham regularly works with sports people from various disciplines and levels including: cyclists and works closely with Cyclefit in Covent Garden, track and field athletes, triathletes, the GB badminton team, GB Judo squads, basketballers and netballers, hockey & rugby players, golfers and premiership footballers. Over his career Graham has also been the head physiotherapist to a variety of sporting bodies including GB Triathlon, GB Korfball and ABA Boxing England. "Get better the same way you got injured" is his philosophy. His understanding of sporting biomechanics pushes you to control potential injury. "There's no point in training purely in your comfort zone, sport always pushes you outside this".In his "spare time" he is a lecturer on several post-graduate Physiotherapy courses throughout England & Ireland. And he's not a bad cook.

Also worked with Cyclefit for ten years and attended three SICI European fitting courses and two as SICI Anatomy Instructor.

Graham has had an interest and passion in bike fitting since its European nascence ten years ago.

Links:
Balance Physiotherapy
Interview on ATP Tennis Tour
Follow Graham on Twitter

Jeff Broker, Ph.D.

Dr. Broker is an Associate Professor in Biomechanics at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He teaches Biomechanics, Advanced Human Anatomy, The Biomechanics of Injury, and Exercise Science. Prior to joining the University of Colorado he spent eight years working as a Senior Biomechanist with the United States Olympic Committee, and he still collaborates with the USOC on select programs. Current projects with the University and USOC include the analysis of long and triple jump technique for the US National Track & Field Team, assessment of visual processing, perception and reaction for softball pitchers, cycling pedaling mechanics, cycling kinematics assessment on the road, injury mechanisms, and golf biomechanics.

Specific to the cycling sciences, Dr. Broker has been involved in the study of pedaling mechanics and optimal integration of rider and bicycle since 1987. His doctoral work focused on the management of mechanical energy in pedaling. While with the USOC he worked with the US National Cycling team to optimize rider/bicycle integration. His early worked focused on maximizing pedaling effectiveness while minimizing aerodynamic drag. His studies into pedaling mechanics further targeted (a) the fundamental nature of foot/pedal dynamics (b) pedaling mechanics differences across the various cycling disciplines, and © the trainability of different pedaling styles. Most recently Dr. Broker has delved into differences between laboratory, fixed-fork pedaling and real-world, on-the road cycling, and how these differences may change our thinking in bicycle fitting.

Links:

University of Colorado Springs

Keith Bontrager

Keith Bontrager, an engineer, designer, physicist, mechanic, rider, and natural-born do-it-yourselfer, emerged on the nascent mountain bike scene in the late 70s with a scientific approach to frame design, materials understanding, and craftsmanship. Spending a good part of the 1980s "dumpster diving" for broken bike parts, Keith analyzed why they failed and then dedicated himself to coming up with better, more durable designs. All this reverse engineering led Keith to his famous aphorism: "Strong. Light. Cheap. Pick Two." Bontrager unabashedly opted for the first two, building a reputation on offering some of the strongest and lightest components available. Never faddish, openly skeptical about "conventional wisdom," and always grounded in the often harsh scientific realities of the universe, Keith demanded parts that are strong first, as light as possible second, and often not cheap. It's a no-compromise approach that rests on the proposition that discerning customers understand value is much more than price alone.

Bontrager's come a long way since the early days when Keith was holed-up in his garage, pouring over broken parts. Today there are more Bontrager parts in more categories than ever before. And Keith himself spends much less time dumpster diving and a whole lot more time field-testing products and ideas as he travels the world doing 24-hour (or longer) endurance events. With all that's changed, one thing hasn't: the B-dot logo remains your assurance that every Bontrager component, regardless of price or weight, is designed and tested to meet Keith's stringent standards for fatigue and impact strength and firmly grounded in a no-nonsense design philosophy.
Keith Bontrager waded into the fitting debate before there really was one. His ideas are coming back to favour. Fellow lecturer Jon Irriberi is a big fan and advocate - see Myth of KOPS link below.

Links:

Wikipedia
Keith Bontrager Website
Myth of KOPS
Follow Keith on Twitter

Phil Burt MSCP Bsc Hons

Lead Physiotherapist British Cycling
Consultant Physiotherapist Sky Pro Cycling Team
Lecturer

Phil Burt has worked with the British Cycling team for over 6 years and was part of the Dream team that conquered all at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

He qualified as a SICI fitter in 2008, Retul in 2009.

After working at the English Institute of Sport, Phil moved over to full time employment with British Cycling to take on the role of Lead Physiotherapist for both BC and Team Sky. He also set up and ran the Team Sky Bike Fitting Team.

BC/Team Sky use the best of all worlds - retul unit, SICI teaching and principles, high speed video capture and EMG whilst cycling. Just as important has been the development of a process of pre-bike fit screening for msk issues. BC and Team Sky also run post wind tunnel physio lead movement control sessions to establish the limiting factors to a rider holding the most aero position they have found.

As its Olympic year, Phil’s focus is now with British Cycling teams and its’ Olympians. Phil is on the board of advisors for Retul and Lecturer at the University of Salford.

At British Cycling he is involved with marginal gains projects including saddles and foot pedal interface - the latter of which is a specific area of interest as he believes there are huge amounts to learn here - shoe, insole, foot. Phil is also running one of the largest cycling injury audits along with UK Sport over World Championships and Olympic cycles.

Links:

English Institute of Sport
Daily Telegraph article on Team GB
Phil Burt on Twitter

Todd Carver

(Re-printed from Nathan Rand's interview in Pez - see links below)

Like a lot of bike fitters, Todd Carver started out as a bike racer who strived to be as powerful, efficient and comfortable as he could on the bike. So after earning his masters degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he did power based bike fit research in the applied exercise science lab, he worked with Specialized to co-develop the curriculum for the Specialized BG Fit School, before moving on to teach fitting at the Serotta International Cycling Institute (SICI).

As a 3-D motion capture expert, Todd joined Cliff Simms & Franko Vatterott to launch Retül in 2007. Retül makes a motion capture technology designed specifically for cycling, and in the rights hands can be a powerful tool in fitting riders to their bikes.
Using the new technology of power meters, Todd's work helped define the biomechanical and physiological parameters associated with road bike racing that we know today. After graduation, Todd continued his study of bike fitting at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine. Under the direction of Andy Pruitt for 5 years.

Now with Retül, Todd and his business partners developed the tools and technology to make portable 3-D motion capture a reality for bike shops around the world.

The Retül motion capture bike fit system was under development for approximately 2 years, as a side project of engineering jedi, Cliff Simms. Simms sought out former industry colleague, Franko Vatterott, who began developing the branding strategy and eventually connected with Todd Carver, 3-D motion capture bike fit expert formerly with Boulder Center for Sports Medicine. The three launched Retül in November 2007, and the technology has quickly set the new standard in dynamic data capture for bike fitting. Now the system is being used across the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East, New Zealand and even the Caribbean. Retül also maintains a Fit Studio in Denver, where we train new Retül users and Todd and other fitters practice their trade.

Links:

Retul
Todd Carver Interview in Pez
Follow Todd on Twitter