Tri bars
pip
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I was wondering do they work or are they just a gimmick.I`ve got a pretty good race bike ,light and very firm(bit like the wife but thats another story)and i average around 30 kph for about 40 k`s.I`ve got some tri bars and i`m undecided whether to fit them or not.Will they help my performance?????
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Also you may feel a slight loss of power when starting out with the bars, again this is normal and the more you use them the more conditioned you become.
Trust me, they do work and they will (after training with them for a bit) definately knock a few minutes of your 40km time.
When setting the bars up use a mirror for a side on view. Idealy youll want a flat back and your arms (from shoulder to elbow) should follow a line down through your forks.
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They are great - I find it much easier to go faster for longer and find them quite comfortable too - they take a bit of fiddling with to get them right for you but definately worth it IMO.
If you're still not convinced, find a local hill and time yourself rolling down it on the top of your bars, on the drops and on the tri bars.
I'll eat my laptop if the tri bars aren't the fastest configuration. Maybe.
IK
If I am wrong, Im heading for wiggle.. else Im going to wait til I purchase a tri specific bike
Have you a road bike with tri bars?
Did you adjust the angle of the seat or make any other changes?
IK[:)]
i did the usual stuff, i turned my seatpost around and slid the saddle forward on the rails (not all seatposts can be flipped around though, but you will be able to slide the saddle forward anyway) and raised the seatpost. i also dropped my handlebars. basically i set myself up to be as comfortable and aero as i can be while on the aerobars. so my position off the aero bars is completely wrong, but i dont mind as the only time im off them is when i'm braking to slow for a corner.
read recently that if the best aerobars for a road bike are actually the 'shorty' style ones, the ones that are leagal for drafting races as they allow you to stay in your optimum road bike setup but still get aero
sounds like a plan. however I think Ill try it out on the turbo trainer bike I am building and test out angles, adjustments there first before touching my race bike.
Quick q. Why turn the seat post around?
Thanks for advice.
Brings the seat a lot further forwards. See my post about converting my Dolan: my seat post wasn't reversible so I bought a forwards post.
http://forum.220magazine.com/tm.asp?m=32529
SO in theory you are now closer to the handle bars similar to a tri specific bike.?
In general, us triathletes like low bars and a forwards seat position, but there's only so far a road-geometry frame will let you go before you need to do something more drastic - like fit a new seat post, or indeed buy a TT bike.
I will give your other thread a good read.
Im sure ill be back with more questions.