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Tom A.

Jan 17, 08 15:50

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Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [53x12] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

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Why no basebars?


Why not? :-)


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53x12

Jan 17, 08 15:56

Post #227 of 236 (3686 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [Tom A.] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

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Why not? :-)
Is that the popular thing now? What do you do at the beginning when you are trying to accelerate and reach maximum speed? What about if you need to get our of the saddle to get up a hill? What about accelerating out of a corner? Seems like it would be hard without the basebar. Does one gain much aero wise without one?


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Tom A.

Jan 17, 08 16:08

Post #228 of 236 (3675 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [53x12] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

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Why not? :-)
Is that the popular thing now? What do you do at the beginning when you are trying to accelerate and reach maximum speed? What about if you need to get our of the saddle to get up a hill? What about accelerating out of a corner? Seems like it would be hard without the basebar. Does one gain much aero wise without one?

See Greg's descriptions above about how he uses them.

...and the answer to your last question is "Yes."

(BTW, there IS a base bar on his setup...it's just really small ;-)


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53x12

Jan 17, 08 16:13

Post #229 of 236 (3670 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [Tom A.] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

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See Greg's descriptions above about how he uses them.

...and the answer to your last question is "Yes."

(BTW, there IS a base bar on his setup...it's just really small ;-)
Definitely a "different" setup. Not sure what to make of it.


gregclimbs

Jan 17, 08 17:09

Post #230 of 236 (3627 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [53x12] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

 
See the "what aerobars do you use" thread for a full description.

I used the best individual parts I could find to make it :)

Actually, I did that on the whole bike...perhaps a new thread is in order.

G

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Tom A.

Jan 17, 08 17:27

Post #231 of 236 (3609 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [gregclimbs] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

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See the "what aerobars do you use" thread for a full description.

I used the best individual parts I could find to make it :)

Actually, I did that on the whole bike...perhaps a new thread is in order.

G

Hey!...shouldn't you be getting on an airplane or something? :-)

Have a safe trip!


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gregclimbs

Jan 17, 08 17:30

Post #232 of 236 (3605 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [Tom A.] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

Tmw, 8:55pm arive @ 9:55.

Didn't break 20dF today, so looking forward to seeing my pasty white skin in the sunlight (bring your dark glasses!)

G

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Tom A.

Jan 17, 08 17:32

Post #233 of 236 (3604 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [gregclimbs] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

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Tmw, 8:55pm arive @ 9:55.

Didn't break 20dF today, so looking forward to seeing my pasty white skin in the sunlight (bring your dark glasses!)

G

Well...lucky enough for the rest of us, it looks like it'll be cool enough that you can keep the leg and arm warmers on and not look out of place :-)

See ya Sunday!


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gregclimbs

Jan 17, 08 17:37

Post #234 of 236 (3595 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [Tom A.] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

No sat for you?

And you may be in warmers, but if it is a degree over 50 (and forecast shows mid 60s, it will be shorts and short sleeves for me :)

That whole acclimated to the cold thing.

I think (to bring it back to topic-ish) I will start a thread about the da buildup.

G

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Tom A.

Jan 17, 08 17:42

Post #235 of 236 (3588 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [gregclimbs] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

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No sat for you?

....that's a "maybe" (but not likely) right now.


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I think (to bring it back to topic-ish) I will start a thread about the da buildup.

Cool. Are you going to reveal the info that caused you to choose that frame in the first place? ;-)


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stal

Jan 17, 08 18:46

Post #236 of 236 (3546 views)
Re: Trek TTX is Faster Than the P3C [Rappstar] [In reply to] Quote | Reply

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\ Either design is going to test better than a simple airfoil shape that does not fair the rear wheel at all.

Do you know of any tests that have compared designs that have no fairing in front of the rear wheel/no seat-tube (eg zipp) with one that does (p3c, da, etc)? I assume that's what you meant by 'simple airfoil shape'. or is this just a guess?


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