I did the same thing because the bolt that connects my arm rests to the base bar came undone. Tony Deboom had his come apart during IM USA 2000 while leading the race. Perhaps Craig doesn't want to ruin a sponsorship deal and doesn't want to go through the misery of a bolt failure. IMO Profile as a company always seems like it makes mistakes when it's designs involve bolts. Sorry to be so harsh Profile but, too many of your products have failed when I needed them.

I run mine the same way too - pads directly on the base bar: easy mod to do

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Yes, but in the picture it seems as though he has some sort of "white" base material that actually sits in thr rounded out section of the base bar... It then flattens out and offers a little bit of extention out left and right.

Looks like a very professional job (that I would expect) then just the rest sitting directly ontop of the base.

Craig Alexander showed me how his pads are mounted on his Carbon-X's. He had brackets that fit into the recesses on the top of the bar that the pads then mounted on to. According to him, they are available from Profile...

The most interesting modification of profile bars I have ever seen was on a bike where the elbow pads were attached via zip ties.

In Waldo's case, Jim Felt made that one for him. That's what he told me.



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Thanks - Jim should market them.



I think I'll drop him a line.