Aero Drop Bars For Road Bike
Each of the aero bars comes with five sets of adjustment holes instead of three so it can easily fit more bikes.
Aero drop bars for road bike. Best road bike upgrades. Boost speed and save energy with a set of the latest aero bars. Choose between bespoke aero bars or clip on aero bars from wiggle s wide choice of quality options. There s an aero advantage to fitting drop bars to your bike.
The unique shape of drop bars provides multiple hand positions. 69 10 coupon applied. Your road cyclocross or gravel bike s drop bars function as your bike s command center. These aero bars are cheaper than the ergo supersonic aero bars.
Steering and control is the no. Road handlebars come in a wide range of shapes and sizes to suit everybody. The bars themselves are made from double butted and tapered 7050 aluminium and feature a 120mm clamping area so there is plenty of room for clip on aero bars lights and mounts for cycling computers. Though of course movements such as cornering should come largely from shifts in body weight your handlebars are pretty crucial too and if they re the weak link.
1 function but drop bars are also where key cockpit controls such as brake shift levers and gps head units are mounted. Aero handlebars help you find an aerodynamic riding position making them ideal for triathlon or tt racing and training. A different video shows that for a different rider on a different bike. Going from drops without the aero bars mounted to clip on aero bars was worth 107 seconds over 40km notably in the last clip when the rider was in her aero bar position she sitting noticeably higher up than when she was on the drops.
In the hoods or drops you can tuck your elbows in and reduce your body s frontal area. Bar width reach the amount the bar projects forward to where the levers mount and drop the amount the bar drops from the tops to the bottoms are all choices dependant on rider preference. Given you don t move that fast on a touring bike this feature is most useful for whenever you re riding into headwinds. A deep drop will put you in an aero stance but too much drop can make it hard to keep your head up.