Adjusting Road Bike For Aero Bars
Each of the aero bars comes with five sets of adjustment holes instead of three so it can easily fit more bikes.
Adjusting road bike for aero bars. Platt carbon tt handlebar bicycle aero bars tri bars cycling rest handlebar for mountain bike and road bike 31 8mm by platt nice looking won t fit road bike bars by ric l. As the name suggests they allow you to get into a more aerodynamic position by lowering your upper body and bringing your arms in line with your torso. Throw a pair of clip on aerobars on a road bike and you can easily mimic that part of a triathlon position but you will quickly find that optimizing a road bike for triathlon isn t that simple. Aero bars sometimes called clip on aerobars triathlon aero bars or tri bars are handlebar extensions that mount close to the center of the handlebar and cantilever out over the front wheel.
The fastest position is achieved when the rider has the least amount of wind drag and can apply the most power to the bike. The biggest mistake people make is setting up their aero bars without adjusting their bike fit says dan smith of lifesport coaching in victoria british columbia. When adding clip ons to your road bike if you need to shift gears you will still need to get off the aero bars and shift using your brifters brake shifters. If we look at a mountain bike or cyclo cross set up you can see that the handlebars are a.
All aero bars pads are 60 mm and are placed 15 mm forward which puts you in the centerline of your bike. How to install and position brake levers on bikes with drop handlebars. Set bars height so that top of the bars is about one or two cm below saddle height. Setting up riding position bike fitting.
That alone can make you. 5 adjust your position on the bars as you slide back and forth on the seat to maintain optimum aero position by keeping your elbows on the pads as close to your knees as possible. These aero bars are cheaper than the ergo supersonic aero bars. Each individual has distinctly different ideal road and triathlon positions so setting a road bike for triathlon cycling compromises one or both of the rider s optimal positions.
As a starting position bars drop should be a few cm at most or even level with the saddle height.