aero bars -clipons, or no?



trackman23434

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well i've been thinking about getting some clip on aero bars for a little while now, since i have a bit of cash to put into my bike again. So while browsing a bike shops web page i was checking out the "featured items" sections, and came along this (link to the webpage of it...if you go forward to the next item, it shows the zero drop set instead of the 80mm drop) http://wheelandsprocket.com/itemdetails.cfm?catalogId=39&ID=3258 ....but since i currently don't know too much about aero bars, can someone tell me if this is a good deal? or should i just buy clip ons instead for about 30 bucks or so less?
 
trackman23434 said:
well i've been thinking about getting some clip on aero bars for a little while now, since i have a bit of cash to put into my bike again. So while browsing a bike shops web page i was checking out the "featured items" sections, and came along this (link to the webpage of it...if you go forward to the next item, it shows the zero drop set instead of the 80mm drop) http://wheelandsprocket.com/itemdetails.cfm?catalogId=39&ID=3258 ....but since i currently don't know too much about aero bars, can someone tell me if this is a good deal? or should i just buy clip ons instead for about 30 bucks or so less?
One-piece aerobars are cool but you have to keep in mind that you either need to dedicate a bike to having them on or you have to change out your current stem and bars and shifters set-up each time you want to put it on.

If you're a time trialer, having a dedicated bike and bars is probably a good investment. But if you're a road rider who happens to do time trials now and again, the better use of your time and money is to buy clip-op bars that you can quickly and easily put on and remove.

Here's the ones I picked up earlier this year:
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i have two bikes..bah can't think of the name of one of them right now, but it's a kline i know with full dura ace, and then i have a somewhat old giant ocr 2, so i was thinking about just turning the ocr 2 into my bike that i would use for hilly training rides and whatnot, and then use the klein on the flats and put the aero bars onto that, and only switch them over if i do a road race