GreenPlease wrote:
Hi Ben
Do you have any photos of these in use in the real world? How much tilt adjustment do they provide for the pads/extensions? Thanks.
You lose the tilt adjustment with these clamps. But the regular ones only have 3 degrees plus or minus tilt adjustment so you're not losing that much. (I've seen them advertised as having 6 degrees but that's a total of the plus and minus tilt. And not sure why anyone would ever use negative tilt.) I have the Vuka aero which uses a regular stem so I have a slight tilt to the bar as a whole, doubt it's really costing me any speed. With the Vuka stealth you have no tilt at all. The Zipp armpads are pretty comfortable so you might be OK with level armpads and then getting your tilt by using the appropriate extension.
I could take a pic but not sure it would be that helpful as I'm using them in a non-kosher manner in the narrow position which isn't supposed to be possible. They required a couple of washers on either end to raise them up enough to clear the bar, and the armpad clamps can only be used either in front or behind of the extension clamps, I have them in front. With the wide position you wouldn't have that limitation.