{"id":39391,"date":"2022-07-21T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=690131"},"modified":"2022-07-21T18:13:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T16:13:13","slug":"selle-italia-adds-footbeds-to-idmatch-bike-fitting-system","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/selle-italia-adds-footbeds-to-idmatch-bike-fitting-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Selle Italia adds footbeds to idmatch bike-fitting system"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Warren Rossiter\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 21 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Selle Italia\u2019s new idmatch footbeds are the latest addition to the brand\u2019s bike-fitting system. The footbeds have been designed from the ground up as a cycling-specific product, claimed to offer real-world improvements.<\/p>\n

The idmatch bike-fitting system already included saddle fitting, cleat positioning and a fully automated bike-fitting tool. The brand demonstrated the new footbed system at Eurobike 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Selle Italia<\/a> says that when it decided to add footbeds to the menu, it found existing options on the market had been adaptations from other sports, such as running, rather than designed specifically for cycling.<\/p>\n

That meant the brand needed to start from scratch, using the information it had gleaned from more the 50,000 test subjects.<\/p>\n

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The data is transferred to the idmatch software.<\/span><\/figcaption> Warren Rossiter \/ Our Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Selle Italia designed the footbed fitting system to measure the important dimensions of the foot, working from the heel forwards into the \u2018power\u2019 zone, where its data shows most riders position their cleats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The idmatch footbeds aren\u2019t size-specific; instead, you measure the position and shape of your arch in a few minutes using Selle\u2019s heat-sensitive and laser-aligned gauge tool to define your foot shape, then the front of the footbed is cut to fit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of individual sizing as per shoe size, this means the footbeds come in just small, <\/span>medium and large sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Using data from the heat map of your foot, the software defines the shape of footbed you require.<\/span><\/figcaption> Warren Rossiter \/ Our Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Selle Italia\u2019s new system offers three distinct foot shapes:<\/p>\n