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The shake-down run was excellent. Nothing fell off. I hit
49.1kph with the wind behind me and I reckon I could get over 50
with > the new big ring, and the aero-bars worked a treat. Very
Quoted message said:comfortable, just a bit of a cricked neck afterwards but I
suppose > that'll go with time.
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Quoted message said:Hi back atya.
watch the neck thing. i guess more forward-leaning position but also
being locked in one position which can be real killer on the
palms/thumbs if you ride over 3-4 hours. probably why triathlete aero
bars have those little arm-rest thingys.
I find I have three riding positions with the clip-on aero-bars (I dearly
wish I had a digital camera).
The first is more or less straight armed with my hands on the lower part of
the bar (they curve, the low bit more or less straight out and slightly up,
the high bit up and inward so the points nearly touch). This is basically
like riding with my hands on the grips of the flatbar, just a little further
forward and with the hands a bit closer together. This is comfortable and
slightly more aerodynamic.
The second position is with my hands on the lower part of the aerobars but
with my torso bent further forward, my elbows bent and my wrists on the
flatbars. This is a pseudo-tuck, more aerodynamic and quite comfortable.
The steering is a tad touchy but not so bad because my wrists resting on the
inside of the rubber grips on the flatbar help stabilise it.
The third position is another pseudo-tuck but further forward with my hands
right at the ends of the aerobars. Can be scary being so far forward and so
far from the brakes (but Sheldon Brown over at news://rec.bicycles.tech
reckons I can have a dual-lever brake setup). I may investigate either
raising the seat or dropping the stem if I use this position a lot.
In any event, if the current set prove unsatisfactory and I want the padded
arm rest triathlon type aerobars, Nasbar have the Profile Jammer GT aerobars
for USD60 - that's less than AUD80! I pity the local shops that have old
stock with $180+ stickers on them.
Quoted message said:Hasnt someone explained to you 'BeachRd' physics? If one is on 2-
wheeled vehicle sans motor, one shall not get tailwind!!! (even if you
ride into the wind and then turn 180degrees).
That has happened to me. Every so often I ride up to Station Pier, a 10-11k
round trip from home. Not so long ago I rode north into the the teeth of a
hot, stiffish northerly, anticipating the joy of riding back with it behind
me. When I got there I was almost out of water so I stuffed around for
about 15 minutes until I found a working tap. BTW, what is it with taps
that have no handle??? Is there a universal tap handle I can put in my
saddle bag? Anyway... I found one that worked, filled my water bottle, and
turned around. *BOOF*! I got hit in the face by the wind. The bloody
change had come through and the northerly had become a south-westerly.
Otherwise it's been fairly good. I ride as far as I can into the wind, turn
around and the ride home is usually so fast and easy I curse myself for not
having gone further.
Quoted message said:I actually got one (OK
it was coming back up the Geelong Rd on the RTBIAD) and sat on 60kph
for a while there. got a bit excited and was seeing stars by the end
of it
but great fun.
I reckon 50kph on a hybrid isn't too bad. But I couldn't keep it up for
long.
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