I’m looking to get back into triathlons and must convert my road bike due to $$$. My Bianchi has a steep seat tube, so it should work as well as any road bike could ever work.
My trouble is finding an aerobar setup worthy of my bike. I’m not afraid of la creme de la creme because dropping $600 on an h-bar setup is still cheaper than getting a complete bike.
What do you gearheads suggest? Any small independent companies making some posh equipment? Here’s what caught my attention:
Hard to beat the look of my Carbon X with my Giant Comp…
But, I’d LOVE to ditch them for an adjustable neck!
Urghh…
I’m thinking either Hed (which may leave me a little low) or Profile CBX. If Profile would release their darn S and/or straight extensions, it would be a slam dunk. They really have their heads up their arse in the PR department…
Before you go and drop the big bucks, spend a few dollars at Kraig Willet’s pay site and get the wind tunnel test of several different one piece bars. There is a big difference in aero performance and you don’t want to waste money on the wrong bar. It amazes me how people will drop big bucks on something based upon hype without first doing the research.
Be careful putting any of those bars on your road bike. You say it’s a steep angle road bike, but how steep? Here’s a good article from Slowman on why you should not put pursuit bars and tri-length aero bars on a road bike (and why you shouldn’t put drop bars on a tri bike): http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/techctr/bikefit.html#Anchor-MUST-11481
There are a bunch of “shorty” clip-on bars made for road bikes.