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 2009-09-11 4:00 PM |
New user 10 |  Subject: aerobar discomforti don't know if this is common among newbies. I've converted my old road bike to tri bike with a new seatpost (prof des fastforward), new saddle (adamo) and i'm struggling to break in. After optimizing aero position at my LBS i've already my first 150km on the aerobar. Seems like 5-6 mins max on aerobars would start giving me a feeling of discomfort or fatigue at the back of both shoulders- back of my deltoids i guess, i can tolerate for another 2-3 mins and then i have to briefly stand on handlebars for relief.. I understand that this is a matter of having my elbows too close, if i took the armrests further apart the problem would be minimal or solved, but the point is that my aerobar setup is no different than any other's! Anybody else had this in the beginning Thanks guys! |
| 2009-09-11 9:18 PM in reply to: #2401444 |
Champion 7136     Knoxville area | Subject: RE: aerobar discomfort mimis - 2009-09-11 5:00 PM i don't know if this is common among newbies. I've converted my old road bike to tri bike with a new seatpost (prof des fastforward), new saddle (adamo) and i'm struggling to break in. After optimizing aero position at my LBS i've already my first 150km on the aerobar. Seems like 5-6 mins max on aerobars would start giving me a feeling of discomfort or fatigue at the back of both shoulders- back of my deltoids i guess, i can tolerate for another 2-3 mins and then i have to briefly stand on handlebars for relief.. I understand that this is a matter of having my elbows too close, if i took the armrests further apart the problem would be minimal or solved, but the point is that my aerobar setup is no different than any other's! Anybody else had this in the beginning Thanks guys! Half the point of aerobars (imo) is extended comfort. If it isn't comfortable, they aren't working. Moving the pads out farther probably will not make much difference in your aerodynamics (unless it is WAY farther out than your shoulders, which is likely not even possible to do) so I would try that first. Most likely this will solve the problem and you will not notice a difference in performance. You should definitely be getting longer than 5-10 minutes out of the position. A poor fit (quite possible if the bike shop isn't well versed on setting a road bike up correctly) is really the only other thing that comes to mind. Beyond those two... it does take some time to become used to that position... but I think it has more to do with the aerobars being too tight. And welcome to BT! Edited by Leegoocrap 2009-09-11 9:18 PM |
| 2009-09-11 11:10 PM in reply to: #2401444 |
| Member 9 DC | Subject: RE: aerobar discomfort Where is some good info on how to USE my new aero bars? I tried them twice and almost wrecked both times. |
| 2009-09-12 12:04 AM in reply to: #2401879 |
Champion 7136 Knoxville area | Subject: RE: aerobar discomfort mwrightvt - 2009-09-12 12:10 AM Where is some good info on how to USE my new aero bars? I tried them twice and almost wrecked both times. It's just about practice. Take it slow, ride with arm in aero, one on the brake for a while if you need to. It took me about a month of daily riding to get comfortable away from my brakes. Good Luck! |
| 2009-09-12 7:18 AM in reply to: #2401918 |
Master 1411 Lexington, KY | Subject: RE: aerobar discomfort Leegoocrap - 2009-09-12 1:04 AM It took me about a month of daily riding to get comfortable away from my brakes. x2. Took me a few weeks as well. Even now, after my first season of triathlon, it still takes me about 10 minutes into each ride before I feel fully comfortable on them again. |
| 2009-09-12 9:10 AM in reply to: #2401444 |
| New user 10 | Subject: RE: aerobar discomfort thanks for your concern, i'll give more space between armrests, i would have done so already but i was sceptical about loosing optimal aero setup.. By the way tri veterans, your comfortable time on aerobars is really unlimited? I mean is it possible to ride the full bike leg of an iron event on the aerobar without a single change in position?? |
| 2009-09-12 2:22 PM in reply to: #2402104 |
Champion 7136 Knoxville area | Subject: RE: aerobar discomfort mimis - 2009-09-12 10:10 AM thanks for your concern, i'll give more space between armrests, i would have done so already but i was sceptical about loosing optimal aero setup.. By the way tri veterans, your comfortable time on aerobars is really unlimited? I mean is it possible to ride the full bike leg of an iron event on the aerobar without a single change in position?? My aerobars aren't terribly tight together... I "could" ride them closer, but I feel (at least in my mind) that I lose too much of my stability, so I ride with them a bit within shoulder width. Your chest will be in the way of that same air so I wouldn't sweat it much. I haven't done Iron distance, but I've rode 50+ miles on my aerobars... I'd go so far as to say more comfortably than I can ride my road bike that far. You will have to change position obviously however, breaking, climbing, etc. So I'm not sure you could ride 100+ miles without a single change... but you could do most of it no problem. |
| 2009-09-12 3:41 PM in reply to: #2401444 |
| New user 10 | Subject: RE: aerobar discomfort thanks Lee, you've helped a lot. It's obvious that aerobars too close together isn't my thing as i have a rather bulky chest.. |
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