adapting road bike for tri use?

[Chris Esposito]

Hello,
I've got a straight road bike (a Lemond Arrivee) that I used for sprint tris last year just as it was, but I'd like to know what I can do to adapt it for tri use this year. From what I've read, clip-on aero bars, sliding the seat forward, and possibly a zero-offset or fast-forward seatpost are possible adaptations. A groups.google search of this group turned up a (dead) link to rooworld.com on doing this, but I haven't seen much else. I bought a pair of Easton Aeroforce clip-ons to go on my Easton EC 90 Equipe bars.

I've been through a bike fitting for road use, so I have all my anatomical and bike measurements. Is there any way to use this data to know how far to move the seat forward? Any heuristics or rules of thumb for how far is far enough or too far?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[metallifried]

What are zero-offset and fast-forward seatpost? Thanks

 

[Roger Cortesi]

Take a set of allen wrenches on a long bike ride and adjust the setup
until comfortable.

That is how I configured my road bike for tri use.

You may find this link helpful if you have not already seen it:
http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/techctr/bikefit.html

And remember make small, incremental changes.

my $0.02

roger

 

[Chris Esposito]

Thanks to everybody that replied. The tech articles at slowtwitch are a
goldmine of useful information.


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"Roger Cortesi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Take a set of allen wrenches on a long bike ride and adjust the setup
> until comfortable.
>
> That is how I configured my road bike for tri use.
>
> You may find this link helpful if you have not already seen it:
> http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/techctr/bikefit.html
>
> And remember make small, incremental changes.
>
> my $0.02
>
> roger
>