Hi all
I have my beautiful Gen 1 Speed concept (purchased 2015). I’d love to the the aerobars away from horizontal and realise some of those (potential) aero gains by inclining them.
A search of the forum confirms the limited adjustability of the incline and the potential bolt failures that come with maxing out the incline (eg Trek Speed Concept Aerobars - keep breaking -, and Speed Concept Aerobar failures - Triathlon Forum - Slowtwitch Forum)
Is anyone aware of a solution? Ideally it’s a angled spacer from a third party company that doesn’t need me to reinvent the whole cockpit ($$).
I’ve cobbled together a solution using a few products. I have a 2020 SC, which I believe is the same though not 100% certain.
Replaced the arm cups with Trig scoops
Then added wedges to angle the pads
You could probably get away with just the wedges if you don’t want to spend a ton on the scoops. Also, I have Di2 shifters which lengthen the reach I can achieve and grip. I’m pretty much grabbing the very top part of the extenders.
For the most part, this worked until I added more reach from a bike fit - I’m at the extreme edge of what the SC can give for reach. At which point I had to add extra length to the extensions. This was a custom solution by someone else at here on the site who happened to have an extra pair of carbon tubes lying around. You should probably be good unless you’re at the very edge of the reach offered by your bike.
Here’s the thread of me trying to figure out how to extend the extenders
speed concept mono plug-in; this is the piece that allows you to use standard 22.2 mm extensions instead of the trek mono bar
15 deg pad wedges from Evolve Aero
I’m actually looking to switch to the Tri Rig Scoops Ultimate SL and use the Ascalon adapter from Aerocoach to replace the Trek hardware (https://www.aero-coach.co.uk/store/AeroCoach-Ascalon-adapters-p369629769) It’s a pretty expensive setup but I think I can get a bit more reach with the ascalon adapter and the gigantic Tri Rig cups, plus improved air flow around the arms.
This is what my current setup looks like in the wild:
As gman pointed out, I think you are referring to the gen 2 bike. Not gen 1.
The gen 2 bike can you get a good amount of tilt with the stock setup. Upwards of 15 -20 deg. If you flip the pivot cradle 180 deg, you can get more. People complaining about the aero bar bolts breaking, don’t know how to wrench or properly tighten them. You have to incrementally tighten the bolts when you have any sort of angle/tilt on the bars so the load is shared equally across both bolts.
If you want to get your hands higher, get the mono-plugin and run any round extension you want. You can get a greater effective angle this way (elbow to hands).
Maximum tilt angle you can achieve with a gen2 stock setup is around 15°. That is with the pivot cradle flipped around (set screw facing forward).
If you need/want more, you need to rely on expensive aftermarket solutions such as FastTT, Aerocoach, Wattshop, …
Hi there - you mention being able to get 15 degree tilt with stock setup. Could you elaborate by what you mean with stock set up? Which parts exactly? I am struggling to find a trek speed concept Gen 2 mono riser with an angle as shown in this last picture. Noted on flipping cradle in addition. Thank you!!
Loosen the cradle bolts and rotate the mono extensions upward. The mono extensions will rotate along with the pivot cradle. Reverse the pivot cradle (turn it 180 deg) to get the max rise. Once you have your desired angle, tighten the pivot cradle bolts incrementally. Do not tighten one bolt fully and then tighten the other fully. This will cause one of the bolts (the first one you tighten) to take all the load and stress. And it will likely shear off.
