You could start with a list of your current speed current gear, including bike, front brake (if not shrouded), wheels, helmet, trisuit, shoes, BTA hydration, BTS hydration, cockpit. Then, add pictures from the side and front to give folks a sense of your position.

Do some reading, all the answers you seek are on these forums.

Just thought id ask, every topic in tri has been discussed on these forums. Without new questions the forum will die. Its active not a dictionary

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Yellowfin Endurance Coaching and Bike Fits
USAT Level 1, USAC Level 3

Some say hard work is faster than aero. Others say hard work is faster then aero.

Others may say these things aren’t mutually exclusive.

some do say that

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Yellowfin Endurance Coaching and Bike Fits
USAT Level 1, USAC Level 3

 
On the one hand, RChung says hard work is faster than aero. On the other hand, he wears a watch.

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While there isn't an excuse not to test if you are interested and own a power meter, I'll bite.

If I were going in "guessing" on how to make myself faster...

- Probably the #1 thing you can do to lower your CdA is get your head out of the way. The old crude method is being in front of a mirror with your elbows on the counter and just moving around until your head sinks into that almost "turtling" position naturally. Take that to your bike and figure out how to get your cockpit to imitate it.

- Pick the cheapest (or one I thought looked the coolest) "generally good" Helmet out there. (A2, Javelin, Selector, etc... plenty of threads on this)

- Pick the long sleeve suit that I could swim/run in relatively comfortably.

- Pick the aerobar that lets you accomplish the first thing.

- Not overbike for my fitness - that is the most important thing to not walking.

IMO worrying about things like "pedestaling pads" or not is best saved for after you KNOW you're slippery and want to start looking for the high up fruit. Not when you've still got fruit on the ground.

YMMV of course.

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