Haha he’ll check his email notifications.

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The vast majority of age groupers don't have the flexibility to produce peak power in an aggressive fit. Don't buy a frame that doesn't fit.

I once advised a friend to get fit before settling on a bike purchase. It was his first triathlon bike. He ignored me and bought a frame that was too small on the internet. He had been crushing it on his Peloton before that. Once he got on that bike his drop in power was insane. All I could do was shake my head thinking what a bad choice he made.

He never competed in a single event. Not even a sprint tri and sold his bike and trainer about 6 months later. Don't be that guy.

In this case pad measurement refers to stack/reach, except measured to the pads instead of the top of the head tube. You can move the pads up all you like but can't really move them below the head tube, and you have maybe 15cm in from and 5cm behind the head tube to mount your pads. So yes, you can just move your pads to wherever you like as long as the frame allows.

Worth nothing that even in 2016 the adjust ability of aero bars wasn't as good as it is now, and fitting/aero was less precise, so frame size had a bigger impact.

From an aerodynamic standpoint the faster you go the most space you want between the base bar and elbow cups. The slower you are then you want a taller headtube that is aerodynamically shaped.

unfortunately for almost all AG triathletes and probably 50% of the pro triathletes, they will want the larger size. Pro cyclists who are going 32+ mph will want more space between the elbow pads and basebar.

The #1 thing to do is figure out your pad XY then work back from there. If you don't have that then work from stack/reach.

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