bump, anyone?

Just eyeball guessing, the R1 appears to have a slightly better airfoil. The brake cable exits in the R1 rear appear cleaner than the bottom side exits on the Tula. The basebar section between the risers on the R1 is an airfoil vs. the Tula's cylinder. That's all the guess I've got.

AndyF and I tested the Tulas, finding different results for it depending on where the elbow rests were rolled to. We never tested them against the R1, and I wonder if the bars might be comparable with a rider aboard, and in best configurations, since the space between risers gets filled with race bottles. The bottom side cable exits on the Tula are my one peeve.

Thanks for your input DamonHenry, much appreciated.

AndyF and your testing, is that here on Slowtwitch somewhere as a thread I can have a look at?

cheers

w01fy

Unfortunately the better airfoil and cable arrangement is likely offset by the fact the extensions sit above or below the base bar whereas with the Tula they insert into the base bar thus reducing frontal area.