Thanks, its an Old Farts (Masters) race out on 272 & 0 Ave.
Did the Cypress 5km TT today (again Masters). It was fun, about 10mins after. The last km was ugly!
Masters are a bit different than the open category, much more relaxed before and after, racing is still the same - hard and competitive. Those 60plus guys can shift.
re rear cable
I was working on the bike this morning and I had laid the housing down while installing a new cable…frigging dog chewed the end up…so I cut it and went with what I had left.
I’ll pick up a new piece at the shop when I go in to work tomorrow…no biggie it still worked just looked lame
Oooh this sounds controversial. Bear in mind that width is probably more critical than height when you speak to fitters (in general). Either way, break out the physics books and have a real ponder abou this one at a fundamental level…
Wow, I thought that 5k TT were the domain of runners only, or prologues. An old farts 5k, I might have the legs for that, I currently have the endurance for 5k ;-(
Great post. I’ve kind of done the same as you, got on a rode bike for the first time in two years. I tried riding in the drops but I just kept moving around. I bought clip ons and did a 25m tt today and there is a big difference. The road bike is a much better bike than my tt bike, but the position is just not aero. I’m so high I clipped a bird on the way out.
Your right, to race you haven’t got to be comfortable. But how do you train on your race bike if your not comfortable and if you dont train on your race bike how do you get specificity?
I was on the tri-bike for 5 hours yesterday…making it more of a “rode” bike than my road bike, regardless that its set up for TT.
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In my mind being comfortable in the aero position is a matter of training your body to the position. Early season riding i ride on my horns mostly, late april I go to switching back and forth, I just had my first all aerobar ride of the year thurs. Did 12 miles only coming up to brake. I will ride like this the rest of the year unless I do major distance jump all at once. Now this works for me as I am relatively new to the sport, 3rd year, those of you with more expierience probably don’t have to go through my “adjustment” period. But it works for me.
I also think a lot of newbies are on bike that are way more aggressive than they need. When I bought my Dual, I lusted after a P2K or P3, but my checkbook said Dual, barely. Now I couldn’t be happier, my position is as aggressive as I am able to ride comfortably. I may drop a spacer this year, but truthfully I don’t think I could get any lower and still be able to do 20 miles on the bike and be able to run afterwards. Some of the people I see at races would have been better off on a slacker frame with a better componenet and wheel set, than the machine they have that they can’t ride properly.
"Most triathletes’ “aero” positions are higher and less aero than a roadie would ride in the drops or on a solo effort. "
When “most triathletes” (who should be in their twenties) put in 800km/week on the bike, and whose livelihood depends on their riding, then you’ll see more of them in the aero position. Those “roadies” aren’t professionals for nuthin’.
I agree, narrow is aero, low is slow.
-SD
"The only reason to install aerobars is to get aero."
I’m late to this thread but the original post is rife with misconceptions and factual errors about aerobar use, such as the one above.