Hi! Im looking to buy a Canyon SpeedMax for TT, and under the options I can choose if a dropped basebar or a flat basebar. What are the main advantages of each? Any advice?
Now this is just me…when I take my arms off the pads and put my hands on the horns, I like to be in a similar position.
Since my pads are normally in the lowest position possible, I choose a dropped base for my bikes.
Hi! Im looking to buy a Canyon SpeedMax for TT, and under the options I can choose if a dropped basebar or a flat basebar. What are the main advantages of each? Any advice?
I would think it depends hugely on your position and the configuration needed to get there.
If your arm pads are mounted low to the bar, and/or your position is quite upright, then when you switch to the bulhorns/pursuits, you may end up more upright than you’d like if they are level with the bar. Thus you might want a bar that drops away from the pads. Conversely, an aggressive position, especially if it includes pedestals, may leave you in an excessively low position when you switch to the bullhorns/pursuits. It’s all about the relative heights of the extensions/armpads versus the pursuits.
On my current bike I’m using 15mm of pedestal spacers which means the armpads are I think about 55mm above the basebar centre. I have a basebar that’s slightly downward sloping (maybe half as much as the 50mm drop on the Canyon bar) and that works quite well for me. I don’t find this terribly critical.
The basebar choice has an impact on the achievable Pad y as well as a small effect on pad z (width), so your first filter should be hitting your fit numbers.
Then look at how much drop you want from the pad to the bull horns.