aeorbars?!?!

serendipity said:

Does anyone else use aerobars?!? I am actually more of a triathlete than a cyclist these days. I know, I know I am probably posting on the wrong board, but I found that most of the triathlete boards are pretty amateurish (more for beginners than serious athletes). Anyway, I want to update my bike, but don't know if I should get fixed aerobars or the spring-loaded kind. Does anyone have a suggestion or personal preference?!?!?

I'm not sure what you mean by spring loaded but I have a set of Vision race bend bars on my Cervelo dual 10 and love them. I just switched from the regular bend bars which were nice also but I think the race bend allow me to use the bars for more leverage which is great since I do shorter TT's. Have you tried Slowtwitch.com? The triathletes there seem to be a wealth of knowledge.

serendipity said:

Does anyone else use aerobars?!? I am actually more of a triathlete than a cyclist these days. I know, I know I am probably posting on the wrong board, but I found that most of the triathlete boards are pretty amateurish (more for beginners than serious athletes). Anyway, I want to update my bike, but don't know if I should get fixed aerobars or the spring-loaded kind. Does anyone have a suggestion or personal preference?!?!?

In my opinion, the spring-loaded armrest models are lousy. The fixed position are much better.

I personally use Cinelli Spinacchi's ! They are light weight(yet strong)... and offer multiple hand placement positions. More so for roadies ... not so sure for Tri- guys 😉

serendipity said:

Does anyone else use aerobars?!? I don't know if I should get fixed aerobars or the spring-loaded kind. Does anyone have a suggestion or personal preference?!?!?

i LOVE aerobars, i think your talking about the bars with pop up arm rests. I had a set with these but they are a waste of time and money, and there is enough clearence between the arm rests in the fixed set and the handle bars to get your hands underneath if you want to grip the flat bar section of your handle bars.
I prefer the bars that are two seperate bars, not a U shaped version. For my money it's got to be the profile design carbon stryke model ( profile-design.comprofile-design.comOpen ↗ ) if your doing tri's you can move the gears shifters up into the aerobars (swift shift) and back quite eaisly.

if it's your first set of aero bars, move your seat foward to prvent your hip flexors becoming really tight

good luck

p.s you will find a few triathletes with good info around these parts!

Iron Man said:

I prefer the bars that are two seperate bars, not a U shaped version. For my money it's got to be the profile design carbon stryke model ( profile-design.comprofile-design.comOpen ↗ ) if your doing tri's you can move the gears shifters up into the aerobars (swift shift) and back quite eaisly.

p.s you will find a few triathletes with good info around these parts!

I have had the pop up bars on my Cervelo One for about 2 years now, but just started to actually use them about 2 months ago. I didn't like the feel at first. They were uncomfortable and I felt like I had less control over my bike. But since I repositioned them on the handlebars I have felt so much more comfortable using them and have significantly reduced the amount of back pain I have on long rides!

But the fixed bars look even more comfortable and I'm trying to decide if it would be worth it to throw in the big bucks and get a new pair even though I do have a good pair already on my bike.