How much did you pay for your bike fit?

In many cases, you will get what you pay for.

What's the experience/certifications of your fitter, and what does this bike fit entail/include?

Haha - uh yeah I'm a newbie.  Nooooo idea on the answers to your questions.  What should I be looking for?  Thanks!

In many cases, you will get what you pay for.

What's the experience/certifications of your fitter, and what does this bike fit entail/include?

$75-$100 is a very low-end fitting.

I've paid $100 for a VERY basic bike fitting (cycling position, eyeballing only, no measurements, although he did spend a lot of time with me)

I've paid $300 for a FIST-certified fitter, converting road bike into tri bike setup and fitting for that, all kinds of goniometric measuring and I got all of them written down.

Let's start with what kind of a bike do you have? (Road, hybrid, mountain, tri bike, year/make/model/size if you know it)

Do you already have clipless pedals and shoes on it?

$3-400 for a 4 hour fit on 2 bikes, worth every freaking penny.

I have a Schwinn Fastback road bike.  I purchased it used in 2009 from a girl who used it for a couple sprint triathlons but didn't spend a lot of time on the bike. I'm guessing it's a 2008 or 2007.  It looks like Schwinn doesn't make them anymore, judging by the lack of presence of the bike on their website.  I'm actually not quite sure of the frame size.  I'm 5'3", and the girl I bought it from was a couple inches shorter than me and changed out the stem to a shorter stem.

I have clipless pedals and shoes, and I don't really have any aches/pains, except a bit on one elbow on longer rides (1.75 hours) that I spend a lot of time in the drops for.  I've only been cycling regularly for 2 months - starting average speed was 12-13 mph and I'm up to ~15-15.5 mph. I'm aiming to get to 16.6 mph before my Olympic distance triathlon in August but have no idea if that goal is overly ambitious, or if a simple bike fitting will get me into a more powerful position and I'll make that gain overnight.

I also have two sets of profile aerobars that are sitting in a box of old components (my husbands best friend gave him - he was going to sell them until I said I'd like them) that I was thinking of bringing to the fitting to see how what would be entailed in converting the bike.  I'm guessing doing an aerobar conversion would be an additional cost during a fit?

It was a gift, but $175 from a "Master BG FIT Technician" - this included two return trips for swapping out saddles and re-positioning my cleats.

EDIT: they have upped their price since then; I think it's $200 now.

It's not so much the conversion that'll cost you as the components. Slapping aerobars on a road bike doth not a tri bike make. You'd be looking at a forward-facing seatpost and possibly a new stem as well, possibly trying out a different saddle, too.

It's *really* important that your fitter has a great deal of experience in how to do bike fits for *triathlon* and how to put your bike, and you, into a tri configuration.

Considering you seem to be serious about tri, and you've gotten up to nearly 2-hour rides, I would advise to sink some dough into this. as others have said, worth every penny. Get a recommendation from good triathletes in your area if you can (BT State forums, local tri club, etc.)

For what its worth, I paid $90. I got the fitting done at Revolutions Cyclery and they used the "Fit Kit"

Took about 2hrs to complete with all types of measurements and a nice computer print out of my bike setup. Best money I've spent so far. They fixed the numbness in my fingers and increased my speed.

 PS> This was for a fitting on my bike, not a new purchase. New purchase fittings cost more and take a little longer to complete.

Mike