jeffp wrote:
re reach.... i'd field test that at a minimum. more reach for me never has worked from an aero standpoint and I am less extended than the OP. my experience with another individual(who thought more reach was better) was the same as mine, not good to extend. might have to do with our narrow arm positions(arms touching at elbows) and also(guessing) that extending(since we have arms angled up in front of face) just messes with things in front of our faces. I mention this as Op says he is going to angle arms up more which might be better by shortening his reach. you know the answer lies in testing in one form or another :)
i think it just depends on the context.
as a triathlete, if you want to be more aero you have to maintain the sustainability of the position. so for him, thinking "i want to be more aero" the answer cannot simply be "lower the bars." so for many people who i see that have this conundrum you HAVE to experiment with more reach. is it the answer? sometimes yes, sometimes no. but for him to lower his CdA by a large margin something has to change. yea, "turtling" is pretty effective but doing that for 112mi is pretty damn hard.