Campanaerts snagged the hour record this past April with the help of some custom bars from Ridley, "with the idea of both creating a more comfortable distribution of weight along the entire length of his forearms, and of course making a more seamless aerodynamic setup."
https://bikerumor.com/2019/04/17/victor-campenaerts-sets-hour-record-on-custom-shaped-ridley-unique-kit/#ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-103
Looks like Bussi also had some custom bars for her hour record in September. Team Sky has had titanium 3D-printed aero bars for a while.
On the non-UCI-legal side of things, there's Lange's Project 101:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJwMEwlmIF0
Andy Dreitz is working on a custom 3D-printed aerobar/hydration combo that seems pretty nifty. Didn't have it done in time to race it in Kona though:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4X4dPKl9bv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Anne Haug had a custom 3D-printed bottle that doubled as forearm support:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dFhcFF7ZJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And any of us mere mortals can of course have some Speedbar extensions made for a cool 2,999 Euros.
And I'm sure I'm missing lots of others. Point being, the twofold benefits of increased comfort and improved aero are compelling. Anybody have experience with these full-contact bars? Do we think they'll become more mainstream as time goes on? Will we see more adoption by the uberbikers? What is the best way to get on this trend and find some full-contact bars along with the proper aero evaluation to maximize the benefit?
Darren
https://www.strava.com/athletes/12385497
https://bikerumor.com/2019/04/17/victor-campenaerts-sets-hour-record-on-custom-shaped-ridley-unique-kit/#ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-103
Looks like Bussi also had some custom bars for her hour record in September. Team Sky has had titanium 3D-printed aero bars for a while.
On the non-UCI-legal side of things, there's Lange's Project 101:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJwMEwlmIF0
Andy Dreitz is working on a custom 3D-printed aerobar/hydration combo that seems pretty nifty. Didn't have it done in time to race it in Kona though:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4X4dPKl9bv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Anne Haug had a custom 3D-printed bottle that doubled as forearm support:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dFhcFF7ZJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And any of us mere mortals can of course have some Speedbar extensions made for a cool 2,999 Euros.
And I'm sure I'm missing lots of others. Point being, the twofold benefits of increased comfort and improved aero are compelling. Anybody have experience with these full-contact bars? Do we think they'll become more mainstream as time goes on? Will we see more adoption by the uberbikers? What is the best way to get on this trend and find some full-contact bars along with the proper aero evaluation to maximize the benefit?
Darren
https://www.strava.com/athletes/12385497