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 2009-08-20 9:49 PM |
Master  1858     Salt Lake City |  Subject: Clip on AerobarsI'm shopping for a workable set of aerobars for my road bike (2008 Trek 1.2). On the plate for the rest of this season I have a 20k TT, possibly a sprint Tri and a Marathon in January. Early next year I plan to invest in a new bike. I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive set of aerobars to augment my training and last couple events this year, but don't want to invest in a new seatpost, saddle, or anything else on the current bike since I'll be upgrading before next season. After this year the current bike will probably stick around as something to ride on the trainer, bad weather, commuting etc... Ideally I'd like to find something that will give me a bit of an extra kick on the bike, but won't require any radical changes in fit, or a long adjustment period. After reading around here I'm looking into Profile Design Jammer GT They're short, don't claim to change the position much on the bike, and the price is easily where I want it. Yay or nay on these, and if nay, any suggestions? http://www.trisports.com/t2dl.html |
| 2009-08-20 10:14 PM in reply to: #2361549 |
| Master 1963 | Subject: RE: Clip on Aerobars Profile t2+. Similar to what you have linked to, but those are short because they are Draft Legal (that's what the DL is). If you don't have a compelling need for draft legal aero bars, go with something longer. As far as "drastic" changes. Most people have to move their seat up and potentially shorten their stem to make the most of it and be comfortable. It's hard to say, it all depends on what your current fitting is like but just remember aero bars don't make you aero, the aero position does. Hope this helps... |
| 2009-08-20 10:18 PM in reply to: #2361549 |
Master 1858 Salt Lake City | Subject: RE: Clip on Aerobars Thanks for the advice. Roughly how much tinkering do you think it will take to get my fit dialed in where It needs to be? I'm thinking I may be better off making the purchase at a LBS and making them give me a hand instead of buying over the internet... |
| 2009-08-21 1:50 AM in reply to: #2361549 |
Pro 5892 , New Hampshire | Subject: RE: Clip on Aerobars Actually, you shouldn't have to do too much tinkering at all to get those aerobars to work on for you. The benefit of these bars is that you can get the pads far enough back to maintain your normal position of your dropbars yet still be in a position short enough to be efficiently in an aero position. Keep in mind though that moving the pads back will effect you overall balance. |
| 2009-08-23 12:45 PM in reply to: #2361549 |
Expert 1046 Fountain Hills, AZ | Subject: RE: Clip on Aerobars I am a big fan of Profile Design Jammers... I'ts a little more complicated than just moving your seat up and shortening your stem and going with regular tri bars..... because a road bike generally has a longer rear chainstay than a tri bike, so moving your seat forward >>>>> will move your weight / center of gravity way up on a road bike>>>> will move the weight over the front wheel and >>>>> tend to twitch out the steering. PD Design Jammers keep your weight back further towards the rear wheel, which in my opinion, gets most of the aero benefit and maintains the handling of the bike. The PD aluminum jammers weigh almost the same (almost as light) as the carbon, but cost fifty bucks less. Performance has a similar product for even cheaper. And yes, in my opinion, LBS is a good option for this, as long as you are talking to the guy who does bike fitting and not the guy who is rebuilding the mountain bike forks! ** I am not a bike fitter, so please take all of this with shake of salt!** |
| 2009-08-23 4:41 PM in reply to: #2361549 |
| 71 | Subject: RE: Clip on Aerobars Went with PD T2 carbons. Works great and didn't have to adjust anything. |
| 2009-08-26 12:18 AM in reply to: #2361549 |
Veteran 187 Boulder, Colorado | Subject: RE: Clip on Aerobars I really like the t2+ aerobars that came with my tri bike, which was surprising because though the shape looks uncomfortable on the wrists, it really isn't since there is no weight on the wrists. However, I don't think you'll be too disappointed with any set of aerobars because you'll probably be too happy with the speed increase! |
| 2009-08-26 12:18 AM in reply to: #2361549 |
Veteran 187 Boulder, Colorado | Subject: RE: Clip on Aerobars |
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