Wobble-Naught is a good watchword for cyclists. I remember reading a story when I was about ten years old. It was about a girl who was having a hard time learning to ride a bicycle. She got cross and showed at her bike, \”Old wobbly wheels!\”

Nobody wants to wobble when on a bicycle. Wobbling makes me, for one, feel like I\’m about to land on the ground. And you sure wouldn\’t want to wobble when in this yoga pose atop a cliff!

So what\’s this about Wobble-Naught? \”WN\” is one of several bicycle-fit systems discussed in Cutting-Edge Cycling. It\’s a bicycle fit designed to eliminate — you guessed it — wobble, which is inefficient movement.

Part of this fit focuses on the length of bones between joints. Another aspect of it is the use of EMG to study the interactions of the muscles during pedaling; and it considers factors affecting pedal stroke, such as the length of the arch. I had no idea pedaling was so complex!

Wobble Naught [oh, those pesky \”Not Secure\” notations!] seems quite complex, too.  For instance, it takes into account the ratio of thigh length vs calf length. Apparently that does make a difference. I remember reading about a former pro cyclist whose thighs were unusually long in proportion to his calves, which gave him better leverage for speed.

I\’ve already had a bicycle fit using another system, so I\’ll let Wobble-Naught go. But the Wobblin Goblin sure could have used it!