Hi all, new here. 5 year layoff from cycling, going to aim for a flat 70.3 in October. Sold Look road bike, need a new sled as right now I'm training on a Cannondale X-Cross with 32mm Michelins. I was contemplating doing the tweener thing with an aero road bike with a forward seat position, maybe an Adamo for scooting further forward, and clip-ons on the road bars. Certainly it's not ideal, but I have no road bike and am not yet interested in making a tri-bike my primary ride.

I'm down to the Cervelo S3, which I really am leaning towards, or the Felt AR3 or Specialized Venge. I'm thinking the S3 would do very well as an everyday road bike and have the capacity to do what I want also. Only down side is the 73* seatpost angle, makes getting over the pedals harder for a reasonable TT position. I rode a 74.5* road bike before but never tried to make it lower.

Any thoughts? I do know about the S5 2-position post, but as I understand it only makes it an effective zero setback vs. set forward. Previous bike fit with a setback of 20mm, seat about centered on rails.

Any feedback appreciated, or otherwise, thanks for at least considering some feedback.

I think I'm hoping to see about those of you that may have tried the same thing with any of those three bikes. I know they are all excellent, and any of them in the right size would be able to reach my fit coordinates for road geometry.

Thanks much!