Olympians
sfuller
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The Olympic triathletes all used standard road bikes.... why didnt they use Tri bikes or a Tri bike with drops?
Surely if a Tri setup helps for the run, why wouldnt they use it?
Surely if a Tri setup helps for the run, why wouldnt they use it?
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Because of this the laws state aero bars cannot protrude beyond the brake hoods, so they either have short ones (which they only really use if caught out on their own) or none at all.
If they used bikes with tri-geometry and had their hands on the hoods/drops then they would be far too scrunched up at the front because of the increased seat-tube angle, this would not only be uncomfortable it would also be less efficient. They get the advantage of running off a tri-bike back by being able to draft, so save the legs a bit.