Aerobars - ideas please
sonofsammo
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Hi all,
I've found these, which seem to be reasonable:
http://tinyurl.com/27jyj48
What do you think?
Wanna go faster and think that aerobars may help.
Any other suggestions would be most welcome
I've found these, which seem to be reasonable:
http://tinyurl.com/27jyj48
What do you think?
Wanna go faster and think that aerobars may help.
Any other suggestions would be most welcome
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at 6am in certain stretches it is ok but I wouldn't dream of using them on the way home.
i also apportion some of that increase to fitness
you also need to build up to aero bars as you can suffer with back problems on extended lenghts on the bars to start with
If its a comuute you may want to look at 'draft legal' bars which are shorter and safer in a busy situation hence them being draft legal.
As for being faster, some thoughts on a posting here:
slow-cycle-t48937.html#p66059 Quite often people slap the bars on, stretch out and land up with all sorts of problems, you need to think about setting up your bike to accomodate the bars.
I used my roadie as a means of getting ready for the TT and now I can't get comfy in the aero postion, although I haven't been fitted for the TT yet.
I prev had Zipps Vuka Clips ons and they were bloody good, but there are cheaper and just as good alternatives out there. I only got the Vukas cause I managed to pick them for £100 all in.
They do make a difference, I ran the Argon at Abu Dhabi and used the Aerobars as much as possible and when I was down low you can feel the difference in the speed and power than when you get up on the hoods for instance.
Zac posts very valid comments, its not just a case of slapping on the bars and away you go. The purpose of the bars is to mimic the position of the TT as best as possible and this is down by turning the seat post around and then moving the saddle forward so that it is in front of the bottom bracket (as it should be with a TT), then you have to consider the handlebar height as well, saddle height etc.
If you get it right then they will work just fine. they are good to have but I can say from experience the geometery of the road bike is all wrong and won't be the same as having a TT.
Any more ideas on aero bars? I've got alloy bars, so clamping shouldn't be a problem.
Thanks for the article ref's Zacnici, they're really useful and convincong for getting the bars (and taking off a water bottle!).