General bike fit question
Bman
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Hi, I just wanted to see how people with road bikes and clip on bars have done bike setups. I know you need to be further forward to open the hips etc so bike fit calculations are different for a TT/tri setup, when compred to roadbike setup. So, on a road bike with clipon aero bars, in which generally most training is done in normal position, with some aero where you can, but racing is all in aero position, how do people set up ther bikes? Set it up for aero and deal with it on longer rides, or try use 2 setup positions depending on which type of riding will be done? Obvious solution, 2 bikes? cheers!
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If I'm riding generally, as if it's a road bike, then on the saddle as usual, and then when onthe tri-cars I shift along the saddle so I'm on the nose.
Two bikes would be ideal, but funds don't allow. And racing isn't all aero, it's determined by the topography at the time.
I did a Sportive on the weekend where aero-bars weren;t permitted, so it was road bike all the way. And now my arms hurt, you get used to taking the weight of your wrists/elbows etc when on the aero-bars.