trihawg wrote:
Thanks for the info! That made for some really interesting catch up reading :-)
I like the idea of the arm cups. I currently use the extensions and flat cups all tilted 10deg as one unit. Doubt that would work with cups tilted another 15deg although I could drop the tilt kit, lose 5-10mm of stack, and lower my total extension tilt at the shifters. I would do just that, get rid of the tilt kit and run the cups with the evo 110s. Are they the Vuka version (i.e. carbon)?
trihawg wrote:
Two questions:
1. What distance are those cups comfortable to? Do you do full IM distance?
I don't Tri, yet. However, I don't break aero much when I am out on the road either. Here is the
STRAVA from my longest ride with my current setup. I don't doubt the comfort of these cups, but most have been astonished at the level of padding, or lack thereof, that I have run over the years. And that's from the Time Trial community. ;) Which brings me to your next question.
trihawg wrote:
2. What do you do for padding? I saw you said strips of foam. Is that mounted yourself?
I run
this product, which comes in a 2mm thickness that really compresses down to 1mm after the first use. You can layer it to build up the thickness to the desired level. Also, I think it comes in different thickness with lots of colour options. And yes, I mount that myself.
trihawg wrote:
I’d be really interested in filling the inset area as that is typically where my elbows sit...
Glen has inserts in the plans, but I don't think they are necessary unless you want to adhere typical pads like ceegees or the like. Further on that front, I do not know when he might get around to designing/fabricating them. I will say this though, that I also ran with my elbows on the middle of the pads/cups (flat deals from felt tilted up ~10º) until I made the switch to the 15º cups. I set the 15º cups up to have my elbow in the same spot in space, but so that they would hang off the back of the pad (see photo below). I go into the benefits of this in that thread I linked to above so I won't rehash everything, but a few points:
- lower stack than placing elbows on pads
- the meaty part of your arm makes pads a little less needed than running your boney elbow as the contact point
- makes for a great bracing point that gives more stability/control than running elbows on the pads
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