I bought a new bike recently and have had so much fun riding it sans aero bars. Now that my first race is two weeks away I moved my previous bike's bars to my new stalion because like it or not the bars increase my times by over 1 mph. Personally I don't think anyone wins other than the aero bar manufacturers and would gladly compete in an aerobar free race if such a construct existed.
I know I win when I'm more comfortable over the course of an IM or 1/2 IM. It's not just speed, it's comfort. Can you imagine trying to ride for 5+ hours in the drops? "BillX" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > I bought a new bike recently and have had so much fun riding it sans aero bars. Now that my first > race is two weeks away I moved my previous bike's bars to my new stalion because like it or not > the bars increase my times by > over 1 mph. Personally I don't think anyone wins other than the aero bar manufacturers and would > gladly compete in an aerobar free race if such a construct existed.
"Zac Nesper" <[email protected]> wrote: >I know I win when I'm more comfortable over the course of an IM or 1/2 IM. It's not just speed, >it's comfort. Can you imagine trying to ride for 5+ hours in the drops? Heh heh heh. That's called "cycling". You should try it some time. ;-) I too agree that I'd rather do a long, hard ride with aerobars to lay down on (with or without the aero advantage). I have raced courses that it would have been nice to have been able to ride a conventional road bike (lots of climbing, lots of corners), rather than being forced into using aerobars so as not to lose too much time on the flats. Oh, and I recently found another use for aerobars: http://www.habcycles.com/bikecrash.html My aerobar / bar end shifter left a NICE long scratch down the side of the truck that took me out. It paid for it dearly though (though that was the only obvious damage to the bike - my helmet OTOH....). Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame
"Zac Nesper" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > It's not just speed, it's comfort. Can you imagine trying to ride for 5+ hours in the drops? You're obviously not following the Giro! These guys do roughly that 21 days in a row (give or take 2 rest days and 2 shorter TTs). The there's the TDF coming up...
Been watching the Giro almost every night...difference is that they can rest on the hoods when not taking a pull...took my aerobars off last week so I could pretend to be a cyclist again, and have been missing them sorely. Zac "James Hawkins" <[email protected]> wrote in message news[email protected]... > "Zac Nesper" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > > It's not just speed, it's comfort. Can you imagine trying to ride for 5+ > > hours in the drops? > > You're obviously not following the Giro! These guys do roughly that 21 days > in a row (give or take 2 rest days and 2 shorter TTs). The there's the TDF > coming up...
Mark Hickey <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]: > http://www.habcycles.com/bikecrash.html Ouch! Glad you made it through with survivable injuries. Was the driver at least apologetic?
Tom Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: >Mark Hickey <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]: > >> http://www.habcycles.com/bikecrash.html > >Ouch! Glad you made it through with survivable injuries. Was the driver at least apologetic? I think so... I was a little out of it at the time (didn't really realize HOW much until later). For example, I had no idea I had fallen on my arm., and couldn't remember my address or the name of the road I was on (a road which I've ridden probably 500 times). Even stranger, when they asked me my age, I gave them my racing age instead of my actual age. Hmmmm. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame
