I’m in the market for a road bar, and I’m not sure how difficult the time savings are going to be to quantify, but I assumed the slowtwitch cognoscenti would have opinions or data (or both). I’m trying to get an estimate over a 40K for a lone rider.
Thanks!
Edit: I screwed this up pretty badly. I wrote basebar in the posting, but I meant what the title indicated. I’m looking for an aero road bar. I’ve edited it above.
Time savings over what?
The old Vision Alloy is good I hear.
Old vision bar or if you want a modern bar, the Zipp Alumina is decent.
here are a couple of data points:
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Are these static tests, or with a riders arms, BTA torpedo bottle, computer, brake cables, stem and mounted on a bike with bar tape, and levers?
Not that you can really test the above?
Looks like upgrading my bars could buy me 2-3 watts. Hmmm $1000-1200 for 3W… ummmm…I don’t think so. My Bontrager carbon base bar and extensions are probably close to the Alumina.
It sounds like you’re talking about a drop bar, not a base bar.
the tri rig protocol is detailed in the tri-rig article about it, you can go read up on that.
the cervelo one, maybe damon remembers a bit, I don’t.
Alpha bar is ‘only’ ~$800ish
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Are these static tests, or with a riders arms, BTA torpedo bottle, computer, brake cables, stem and mounted on a bike with bar tape, and levers?
Not that you can really test the above?
Looks like upgrading my bars could buy me 2-3 watts. Hmmm $1000-1200 for 3W… ummmm…I don’t think so. My Bontrager carbon base bar and extensions are probably close to the Alumina.
Aero Road Bar:
OR if you find someone selling one, half of that. OH YA!
Alloy vision is virtually the same in frontal area as the carbon and can be had like… $100.
Alloy vision is virtually the same in frontal area as the carbon and can be had like… $100.
Sometimes $50 on eBay especially for the 26.0 model. I’ve personally seen the vision test exactly the same as the SHIV tri carbon bar setup.
Alloy vision is virtually the same in frontal area as the carbon and can be had like… $100.
The Vision bar that did well in the cervelo test was the older integrated one, with it’s own integrated stem and integrated extentions. Very little adjust-ability. Very different from the 3 piece (base bar, stem, clipon) setups whether you get those in carbon or not.
Alloy vision is virtually the same in frontal area as the carbon and can be had like… $100.
The Vision bar that did well in the cervelo test was the older integrated one, with it’s own integrated stem and integrated extentions. Very little adjust-ability. Very different from the 3 piece (base bar, stem, clipon) setups whether you get those in carbon or not.
I think to really make the old alu Vision base bar “aero”, you need to cut off the upturned ends, no?
If you are looking for an aero BASEbar… or a set of aerobars (with pads and extensions), please change your title. An aero road bar goes on road bikes… not TT bikes.
Cut off the pursuit bars and its faster still…
I think there’s a discussion of two different types of bars here. The title asks about an aero ROAD bar, but many are bringing up basebars like the vision alloy. If the op wants a curved road bar, think about the Zipp sl70 aero. I grabbed one from chain love for $250, but I’ve seen used ones on ebay for good prices. Amazon has them for around $300. It’s the upgraded version of the vuka sprint and it’s pretty sweet. Good routing, stiff, aero, looks cool. A great addition to my s2.
If the op wants basebar for a tri bike, check out the svet series from profile design. I use the svet zero with no drop and flat horns and love it. It cost me about $180 from trisports.com with a 20% off coupon.
Cut some bits off, add some bits on 
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=3657308
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Your title and post are asking for two different things. Do you want an aero road bar or a base bar?
Alloy vision is virtually the same in frontal area as the carbon and can be had like… $100.
The Vision bar that did well in the cervelo test was the older integrated one, with it’s own integrated stem and integrated extentions. Very little adjust-ability. Very different from the 3 piece (base bar, stem, clipon) setups whether you get those in carbon or not.
Is the Vision Bar on the 2009 Specialized Transition comp the one you are talking about?
http://www.specialized.com/ca/en/bikes/archive/2009/transition/transcomp
Correct, when I suggested the alloy in place of the carbon, I meant the one piece setup. Yeah, it has its drawbacks but I make it work just fine…
the answer to the OP is probably the syntace stratos cx. 39cm, 13mm wing, narrow clamp area, flat handgrip, uses to be available for around 150.