just got a new Cannondale r1000 bike (which is sweet and all-black)…and the handlebars are a larger size where they attach to the stem…then taper down just where you would attach Profile 1-piece bars (ie.century) so they won’t clamp properly. Anyone have this problem and find a work around? I was thinking about using individual bars but before I lay out any more money I would like to know if it would work. Thanx in advance!
you want a solution? don’t put stupid aero-bars on a road bike. the bike will handle like crap, they’ll put your arms too high and too far away from you. stop being a little cheap girl and show some committment to this nonesense you devote hours and hours and hours to and go buy a bike designed for the sport you participate in. you don’t see paolo bettini showing up to the giro on a fucking tricycle do you? go buy a “tri” bike for your "tri"athalon.
the jerk
(who is here to stay by the way.)
don’t worry, you’ll learn to love this guy (thee jerk), he’s great. seriously. wish he’d post here more often. conviction is good. conviction with knowledge behind it is great.
“who do you attach aerobars?”
I’d love to attach Carmen Eletra, but she’s married.
I’d maybe attach Jessica Biel. She’s getting really hot.
Biel has ALWAYS been hot. See her spread in Gear Magazine from 1999 or 2000. I’m more of a Beckinsale guy anyway.
Turtletri:
I had this problem with my first road bike that I was trying to convert to a tri bike little by little in the same vein you are. Some people don’t have thousand(s) to drop on equipment but love the sport. So a road bike was all I could afford (jerk). Then I purchased a tri bike and discovered I was too one dimensional with that (jerk) so I went back to road.
The problem lies in the width of the “bulb” in the middle of the handlebars right? All you need is a different set of drop bars or a new set of aerobars that aren’t one piece.
Answers: usually Bontrager Race Lite handlebars are fine or Profile Design of Vision Tech will also do.
Many people would say to go with Vision Tech Mini TT clip ons. They are in short supply, but given your road geometry, these bars won’t have you reaching to far out.
Now you said you didn’t want to drop any more dough. I suggest you return the profiles you have now, if you never were able to install them, chances are they aren’t used andd could be returned. And as far as I know, some shorty aerobars are as expensive, if not cheaper, than the Century’s you referred to.
See a local bike shop to ensure your aerobars are clamped appropriately. You wouldn’t want them to give in the middle of that position while riding at any time.
Just went through this problem yesterday. Briefly considered using my hacksaw to convert my Profile 1-piece bars to two piece, then went to my LBS and bought Profile Carbon individual bars. It would be great if we could all justify a nice road bike and a nice tri bike 
I spend most of my time on group rides, and only do 1 or 2 tri’s a year, so I spent my money on on a road bike.
damn, dude. how do you really feel? guy wants to put an aero bar on his road bike. it’s not like we (us, maybe you) do anything but ride by ourselves in a straight line anyway. we’re not taking slick belgian corner at 60k/hour.
what does ‘here to stay’ mean? joining our piecemeal (sic) tribe?
Individual bars would work, also, newer aerobars are 26.0 and 31.8mm compatible, they have a larger clamp diameter for the oversized bars and also come with shims to be used with the standard 26.0 mm diameter bars. Depending on the bar you currently have you might be able to buy a kit to change them… although if you are using the Century bar I don’t think you can. As an alternative you could also buy a standard 26.0 mm road bar and stem and keep your current aerobars bars but that’s probably just as expensive.
Profile Design (Madison) sent me some shims to enable me to my Jammers to 26.0m diameter bars free of charge. That’s pretty inexpensive in my book! Get in touch with them - they were excellent.
JC
not true if you use shorty aerobars in big slam position - as lots of very good triathletes have done.
Thanx for those who provided helpful responses, apparently some people have issues beyond the scope of my question as a first time poster. To clarify, I do only have one bike and do not plan on regularly using areobars, but I have found them helpful for flat races.
Don’t let some of the smart asses keep you from posting in the future… stick around for awhile and get to know some of the “personalities”.
You’re getting a lot of unhelpful replies here.
If you’re on a road bike the biggest thing to avoid with aero bars is not to use bars that are too long and stretch you out thus making your neck and shoulders uncomfortable.
Get shorter aero bars such as Profile Jammer GT’s or any of the new shorty bars from Syntace, Vision Tech, Oval, etc.
Another excellent bar is a small size Syntace C2 if you are over about 5’9". They are slightly longer than the above mentioned bar but very comfortable. I used them with my medium frame Giant TCR and they worked great.
Send me a PM if you need anymore help with this.
…you don’t see paolo bettini showing up to the giro on a fucking tricycle do you? go buy a “tri” bike for your "tri"athalon.
the jerk
(who is here to stay by the way.)
Funny you should mention this Jerk - wasn’t it Bettini at the 1.5k Prologue who had CLIP-ONS on while everyone else is out there on their mega$$$ TT machines? Did anyone else notice this?