All last year I felt terribly stretched when in my aerobars and that uncomfortability translated into times that I thought could be much better. I read a lot of things in the offseason and one thing that has jumped out at me this year is the short aerobar. I noticed them first on the TDF, but I thought they were some crazy thing they were just using to make the bikes UCI-weight legal. Imagine my surprise when I found out that was true but there was also a function.

I have seen a couple of designs that look appealing to me in this short market: the Profile Jammer and FSA's Vtech shorty. Now both of these have a quite different approach to hand position and this is where I turn to you, my friendly reader.

What gives? Is this only a matter of perference? Is there some science to this I am unaware of?

Any and all assistance would be appreciated.