As Dan Empfield's diagram illustrates, as you rotate from upright road position down towards the low, aero position,
you lose visibility.
Your eyes are initially pointing forward. As you rotate down to aero/TT, your eyes are facing down, not forward.
My question is, how do you do to deal with the loss of visiblity?
20 years ago, when I first clipped on TT bars onto a LeMond road bike, I totally felt comfortable. My biggest issue back then was the pain in the back of my neck from trying to look up/ahead - the faster you go, the further ahead you should look for safety, but how do you deal with this in aero position?
To me, it's a bigger concern during training - at least during a race, traffic is usually cordoned off and you don't have to deal with traffic lights, etc...
you lose visibility.
Your eyes are initially pointing forward. As you rotate down to aero/TT, your eyes are facing down, not forward.
My question is, how do you do to deal with the loss of visiblity?
20 years ago, when I first clipped on TT bars onto a LeMond road bike, I totally felt comfortable. My biggest issue back then was the pain in the back of my neck from trying to look up/ahead - the faster you go, the further ahead you should look for safety, but how do you deal with this in aero position?
To me, it's a bigger concern during training - at least during a race, traffic is usually cordoned off and you don't have to deal with traffic lights, etc...