Orbea Orca set up

Tennessee_Jed · August 10, 2005, 4:32pm

Quick question for all you ST’ers:

I currently ride an Orbea Orca, which I use for triathlons, road riding…basically an all purpose bike, and am considering making the change to a more triathlon-specific set up. I am wondering how I should go about doing this…the picture of Craig Alexander riding in the 5430 Half is an option http://insidetri.com/race/iro/articles/2888.0.html, but I don’t really know how much of an improvement this will be. Any suggestions, ideas, etc. would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

gregk · August 10, 2005, 4:46pm

Thomson setback post, but put it facing forward. This will give you a slightly more forward position, but not full steep (which would make your handling suffer). Do the post and then slap on the appropriate sized clip-on aerobars. You may want to lower your front end some via headset spacers and/or stem angles.