Yeah, people like their wing-section aerobars. I had one of the first modern wing-section aerobars (ITM Dual Rominger-type back in '96). I still think that a well-designed wing-section aerobar looks the best and performs well. But- I have kinda rediscovered the virtues of the old Scott Extreme and 100K bars, as well.
The straw can be made a little less inoffensive:
1)cut it down shorter
2) use flexible hose and mount it lower to the base bar or stem, with a 90 degree elbow in already disturbed air (look at Natascha's Cat Oasis; though her bladder is in the frame, no on the bars).
Either way, one will have to bend down to drink, and possibly need to move something around with their hands, but one still does not have to get out of the tuck to drink. And that silly straw would be not costing so much time.
I merely think of ways to get rid of dead weight, and the cassette is definitely one of them. Would it make huge time differences? Probably not. Would it simplify the bike? Most definitely. Simplification is one of the virtues of a good TT machine.
A bladed steel fork can probably be just as aero and somewhat competitive in weight with a carbon one. You'll never see a 350 gram steel fork, but with the newer super steels out there, you could get one somewhat close to what the old benchmark Kestrel EMS fork was. Also, one could bond a carbon steerer to a steel fork to lighten it up.
I need to make one more point: I am not a retro grouch, as I have a carbon "super bike". But, I am thinking in the realm of what is old will be new again, somehow.
The straw can be made a little less inoffensive:
1)cut it down shorter
2) use flexible hose and mount it lower to the base bar or stem, with a 90 degree elbow in already disturbed air (look at Natascha's Cat Oasis; though her bladder is in the frame, no on the bars).
Either way, one will have to bend down to drink, and possibly need to move something around with their hands, but one still does not have to get out of the tuck to drink. And that silly straw would be not costing so much time.
I merely think of ways to get rid of dead weight, and the cassette is definitely one of them. Would it make huge time differences? Probably not. Would it simplify the bike? Most definitely. Simplification is one of the virtues of a good TT machine.
A bladed steel fork can probably be just as aero and somewhat competitive in weight with a carbon one. You'll never see a 350 gram steel fork, but with the newer super steels out there, you could get one somewhat close to what the old benchmark Kestrel EMS fork was. Also, one could bond a carbon steerer to a steel fork to lighten it up.
I need to make one more point: I am not a retro grouch, as I have a carbon "super bike". But, I am thinking in the realm of what is old will be new again, somehow.