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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [LAI] [ In reply to ]
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LAI wrote:

In regards to higher hands, one thing I have taken away from talking with Eric, and having Dan analyze what it is we are trying to accomplish, is that our angles remain ~90º. Which is something that Dan has found athletes to gravitate to for comfort and support over the long haul. Your Chief Engineer has a larger angle than that and I wonder how sustainable your athletes have found that larger angle over multiple hours? e.g. during 12 hour TTs or IM


We have a team rider who won the national 24hr TT championships in the UK in 2018, the position he used was this (this was his last aero test session before the race):



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wow this is a long winded way to ask a question....Does AeroCoach raise hands with no further changes or are the high hands a result of a positional change in terms of pad stack/reach?


It depends on the rider. Certainly when you're working under UCI regulations you're often limited by reach so raising only the hands helps to get the elbows further forwards for increased "reach", which is why high hands is popular for UCI when you come up against the 75/80cm reach rule.

During a test session we can very easily isolate higher hands + extra reach or higher hands only, and do both if necessary.

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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [Morelock] [ In reply to ]
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What % of folks do not reduce their drag by "turtling" / shrugging / whatever term you use. Any? I ask because in my (obviously much more limited) experience that's the "big" gain in most people's tunnel data. The problem is, "turtling" generally isn't natural and unsustainable from the position they are in.

*if* it's a net gain across the board, doesn't that mean that, especially outside of formal testing, we just put our cockpit in a position that puts the head in a "natural" turtle and make everything else a compromise to that end? (if need be)

Me, for one! Pulling my shoulders in makes me slower and head position (when not super high) makes no difference, in fact there's no difference in CdA between these two head positions:





In terms of clients we have had riders make no improvements from tucking in very tight but it is rare. The thing to avoid is pulling your shoulders in and your head shooting upwards which usually doesn't help. Head position is absolutely critical for the vast majority of rides as you mention, and something that we address at the very beginning of a test session to see what body positional changes we'll need to make to accommodate the best head position for that rider.

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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [Xavier] [ In reply to ]
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Rocking the P4 and a standard side pull front brake? Don't tell me you like stopping.

Xavier wrote:

In terms of clients we have had riders make no improvements from tucking in very tight but it is rare. The thing to avoid is pulling your shoulders in and your head shooting upwards which usually doesn't help. Head position is absolutely critical for the vast majority of rides as you mention, and something that we address at the very beginning of a test session to see what body positional changes we'll need to make to accommodate the best head position for that rider.


I think this is the best generalization one can make without testing. But geez, $625 (an hour at DesertDude's Aerocamp) to validate the position and choose a helmet that works seems like a no brainer....er, wait...that's exactly what I did. ;)

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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [LAI] [ In reply to ]
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Rocking the P4 and a standard side pull front brake? Don't tell me you like stopping.

I did once lose a TT because of braking. I lost by 2 seconds to Thurlow Rogers. Played it back on Strava to see where he went faster, and that entire 2 seconds was because he braked later into a sharp turn, and exited faster. Most of that was skill rather than equipment, probably, but ever since then I have taken brakes a little more seriously.
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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [trail] [ In reply to ]
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No doubt. Even something like a fast course with little technical aspects you can gain several seconds by late braking, staying aero through a turn, or just being ballsy enough to carry more speed through a corner. Still won't see me buying a disc brake TT bike! ;P


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LAI wrote:

Rocking the P4 and a standard side pull front brake? Don't tell me you like stopping.


I did once lose a TT because of braking. I lost by 2 seconds to Thurlow Rogers. Played it back on Strava to see where he went faster, and that entire 2 seconds was because he braked later into a sharp turn, and exited faster. Most of that was skill rather than equipment, probably, but ever since then I have taken brakes a little more seriously.

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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [Xavier] [ In reply to ]
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Interesting. I suppose one way to look at it is that you don't have to sweat being uncomfortable shrugging and have less to worry about halfway through a race when you start getting tired.
On the other hand you don't get that nice drop in drag


Maybe shoulder/back size has some impact on head position?

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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [LAI] [ In reply to ]
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LAI wrote:

I think this is the best generalization one can make without testing. But geez, $625 (an hour at DesertDude's Aerocamp) to validate the position and choose a helmet that works seems like a no brainer....er, wait...that's exactly what I did. ;)

The problem I always seem to have is validating, then trying something completely different ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [Morelock] [ In reply to ]
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Isn't that the truth! I already might or might not have made a change since last month. ;)


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LAI wrote:


I think this is the best generalization one can make without testing. But geez, $625 (an hour at DesertDude's Aerocamp) to validate the position and choose a helmet that works seems like a no brainer....er, wait...that's exactly what I did. ;)


The problem I always seem to have is validating, then trying something completely different ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [LAI] [ In reply to ]
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Rocking the P4 and a standard side pull front brake? Don't tell me you like stopping.

Prep for a UCI race which needed a bit of hanging off the brakes, it was more aero when I swapped to an aero brake. Certainly for most UK races you don’t need to worry, and I ride a fixed gear TT bike a fair amount of the time with just the one front brake on.

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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [Xavier] [ In reply to ]
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Reviving and old (but good) thread here...

Playing around with high hands on the new bike (extremely easy tilt adjustment). One question I had: I've seen/heard of people attempting to fill in the gap on the underside of their arms. I would imagine that this is irrelevant in a horizontal hands position, but becomes more of a potential pro (or con) at higher angles.

Aero experts of ST - is there any consensus on filling in any gaps while running high hands? Some bars sort of do this for you, but I've seen others taping the gap etc. FWIW I'm personally running about 23degrees of tilt, medium-narrow, with 51 Speedshop extensions (Argon18 E-119 Tri+ Disc).
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Re: The Definitive Discussion as to the Benefit of High Hands [Crentist] [ In reply to ]
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Reviving and old (but good) thread here...

Playing around with high hands on the new bike (extremely easy tilt adjustment). One question I had: I've seen/heard of people attempting to fill in the gap on the underside of their arms. I would imagine that this is irrelevant in a horizontal hands position, but becomes more of a potential pro (or con) at higher angles.

Aero experts of ST - is there any consensus on filling in any gaps while running high hands? Some bars sort of do this for you, but I've seen others taping the gap etc. FWIW I'm personally running about 23degrees of tilt, medium-narrow, with 51 Speedshop extensions (Argon18 E-119 Tri+ Disc).

For the hands part, it's a "shit or get of the pot" kind of thing. Either club hands full together, or further apart. The sin seems to be the awkward of "kinda close but still have a gap".

I mention that simply to state a personal theory that may be the reason you see that new fangled triathlon legal UCI illegal crazy scoop under the forearms thingy. That's the "shit" versus "get off the pot". They're closing the gap and making the air go somewhere else. I feel the gap needs to be big, or not exist. Not in between.
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