I often move one hand to the horns on steep downhills, sketchy corners, or windy conditions. That keeps me in the tucked position but with a bit more stability and confidence that I'll keep the rubber side down.
When you feel unstable. Simply set the aero bars further apart to increase stability. Easy. The aero bars are great because they allow me to rest my palms and wrists from taking all of that painful torso weight concentration
picking up my first tt bike today. a used fuji aloha 1.0 with ultegra components. :-) this video is coming just in time for my first ride out tomorrow. thanks!
One thing to remember when first getting used to them is that you can't stand up while in them. I was trying them out on a nice long straight path I occasionally train on, I got to the point I usually stand and start sprinting, I forgot I was on the bars, stood up, and did a somersault. Luckily I was fine and there was no one around to witness the stupidity. Lesson learnt, won't do that again.
Hauahahah did you fall down frontwards? Face in the floor? Sorry about that, mate, but I had a good laugh. Thanks for the tip, though, I'm never gonna try it.
I don’t think the gradient is a determining factor if whether you should come out of aero or not. It depends on your speed. If it’s a 15 percent gradient but you are still going 20 mph, it makes more sense to stay low.
The problem I have is that I only have a road bike with clip on aero bars. Combine those with our local Tri Club course - which is also the most popular course for local triathlons - being all rolling hills. The experienced guys with their TT bikes have no problems. But with my clip-ons, by the time I get into a comfortable gear and get into the aero bars, it's time to shift again, so there's little point in using them except as a nice place to set my helmet on in transition. Maybe if I had DI2 or a TT bike with shifters on the tri bars I could spend more time on them. But for now, I mostly only train on them in my garage and rarely on the road - only on short, quieter streets. So, I mostly only get to train comfort rather than balance.
After previous videos concerning aerodynamics I put my water bottles behind my saddle... which makes it more difficult to drink and stay in the aerobars. Or do you have any tips for this?
You should have at least one bottle between your arms. If the only place you have bottles is behind the seat, you will end up losing more time reaching back than you will save by the aerodynamic saving. And it just takes practice getting used to grabbing that bottle behind you.
I often move one hand to the horns on steep downhills, sketchy corners, or windy conditions. That keeps me in the tucked position but with a bit more stability and confidence that I'll keep the rubber side down.
When you feel unstable. Simply set the aero bars further apart to increase stability. Easy.
The aero bars are great because they allow me to rest my palms and wrists from taking all of that painful torso weight concentration
picking up my first tt bike today. a used fuji aloha 1.0 with ultegra components. :-)
this video is coming just in time for my first ride out tomorrow.
thanks!
One thing to remember when first getting used to them is that you can't stand up while in them. I was trying them out on a nice long straight path I occasionally train on, I got to the point I usually stand and start sprinting, I forgot I was on the bars, stood up, and did a somersault. Luckily I was fine and there was no one around to witness the stupidity. Lesson learnt, won't do that again.
Hauahahah did you fall down frontwards? Face in the floor? Sorry about that, mate, but I had a good laugh. Thanks for the tip, though, I'm never gonna try it.
@@johnnyzgallagher went down forwards in some way, think it was a sort of flip as all the weight suddenly went onto the front wheel.
sorry I laughed at this.
@@DearOctave that's ok, I laughed as well once I'd picked myself up!
I don’t think the gradient is a determining factor if whether you should come out of aero or not. It depends on your speed. If it’s a 15 percent gradient but you are still going 20 mph, it makes more sense to stay low.
Excellent Mark, very helpful.
The problem I have is that I only have a road bike with clip on aero bars. Combine those with our local Tri Club course - which is also the most popular course for local triathlons - being all rolling hills. The experienced guys with their TT bikes have no problems. But with my clip-ons, by the time I get into a comfortable gear and get into the aero bars, it's time to shift again, so there's little point in using them except as a nice place to set my helmet on in transition. Maybe if I had DI2 or a TT bike with shifters on the tri bars I could spend more time on them. But for now, I mostly only train on them in my garage and rarely on the road - only on short, quieter streets. So, I mostly only get to train comfort rather than balance.
After previous videos concerning aerodynamics I put my water bottles behind my saddle... which makes it more difficult to drink and stay in the aerobars. Or do you have any tips for this?
Xlab Torpedo
You should have at least one bottle between your arms. If the only place you have bottles is behind the seat, you will end up losing more time reaching back than you will save by the aerodynamic saving. And it just takes practice getting used to grabbing that bottle behind you.
great stuff! :D
For me, I say unless you are in your lowest gear, you should be climbing in the aero bars.
My Roadbike has an integrated Stem/Handlebar (carbon and non-round) how do I fit aero bars?
Why not have the brakes on the aero bars? Thanks.
What bike is this ?
Felt IA
so i dont see the shift gears...
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@Savage Poet 😭