This is a re-post from Biketechreview.com. I just wanted to get the message out…
I know a few people have expressed an interest in my “Aero or Die” setup. I recommend against trying it for safety reasons:
The armpad is an Oval aluminum pad. The other thing to notice here is the brake, which has lost a rivet. Of the 4 brakes I have, 3 have lost rivets. I have replaced them with bolts secured by nuts. Lots of potential for problems here…
Thats pretty sketchy looking. Did the pad break while you were riding?
Thats pretty sketchy looking. Did the pad break while you were riding?
Yup. Luckily, no accident followed…
-jens
Jens,
Could you not run the HED aerobars with the swing part on the inside and then place the stock HED armrest in the most outward position. This should give you more support and could you not run the Jtek brakes on both of the shifters. This would give you braking on both the front and rear wheels. Also this gives you all of the controls right upfront.
I was thinking about this a while back. For a TT you do not really need a base bar for more than just mounting the aerobars on.
I was also thinking about running the base bar just enough to get my hands on both sides of the stem, getting the Vision brakes and having them mounted horizontally and running them back towards the stem. Sort of like the new U.S.E aerobars. If you are running the HED Flip lites, you could flip up the pads for braking and maybe only run one of the Jtek brakes off of the barcon.
Anything to cheat the wind right.
Jens,
Could you not run the HED aerobars with the swing part on the inside and then place the stock HED armrest in the most outward position. This should give you more support and could you not run the Jtek brakes on both of the shifters. This would give you braking on both the front and rear wheels. Also this gives you all of the controls right upfront.
I was thinking about this a while back. For a TT you do not really need a base bar for more than just mounting the aerobars on.
I was also thinking about running the base bar just enough to get my hands on both sides of the stem, getting the Vision brakes and having them mounted horizontally and running them back towards the stem. Sort of like the new U.S.E aerobars. If you are running the HED Flip lites, you could flip up the pads for braking and maybe only run one of the Jtek brakes off of the barcon.
Anything to cheat the wind right.
Actually, I am running the jtek brakes on both sides, just fore of the armrests. This works nicely because it allows me to steer with my palms on the armrests and brake at the same time. Trying to steer and brake with your brakes at the end of the extensions just doesn’t work well.
Running the fliplites flipped inwards puts the armrests to narrow – or the extensions too wide (if that makes sense). The idea of putting brakes on a very short basebar underneath the fliplites, is a good one.
The idea of putting brakes on a very short basebar underneath the fliplites, is a good one.
FWIW, that’s how I put together my Superman position, i.e., really long stem, ~20 cm basebar with brake levers attached, clip-on aero bars. I referred to the basebar as my “mini-MTB” set-up, because it was like a very narrow version of an MTB handlebar.
or use a profile QS2 or similar and run it ala use bars.
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Surely once you start putting your brakes and shifters in roughly the same place, you may as well go for a combined shifter/brake lever combo.
Where was part 1?
Where was part 1?
Part 1 is “Aero”.