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As you always say though its all about the fit. On the regular bends I was always gripping below the beln on my vision bars and never on the upturned part of the bar. I got a new aerobar setup with the s bends and run them a bit strange whereby the bend turns inwards so that I can run the pads wider to help breathing but and have my hands relatively close together. I have been adjusting it for a while but for my hands and arms the s bends have been the most natural grip so far.
Same here ..... I was always moving my hands down the bent portion until they were just about gripping the horizontal portion, even when I had the bars adjusted backwards to get my best fit.
I'm also relatively tall (6'-1") so maybe that has something to do with it?? Seems it's the taller riders that are saying they like the fit with them here.
I just got the Vision Tech Trimax R-bends for X-mas and have only put about 300 trainer miles on them though and haven't ridden them in anger in a race yet, so we'll see how they actually hold up in that situation later.
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Rick, "Retired" hobbyist athlete
Trying to come back slowly from acute A-Fib