Tri bar/arm pad positioning
pianoman
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I recently bought a Cervelo S1 which is ticking all the boxes when used for road riding - I've never felt more comfortable on the drops. However, the tri bars I've used for the past 18 months on my old bike (Deda Clip One's) suddenly feel really high where the arm pads are because I'm reaching well below the stem for the handles themselves. Is this because the hands are now coming up lower than my elbows owing to the shorter frame size? And if so would that mean I need a longer stem or different tri-bars that don't go under the stem e.g. the Tranz-X ones reviewed recently:
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... s-10-37908
It appears that on these (and many more besides the arm pads are lower than the handles; this certainly isn't true of the Deda Clip One's:
http://www.repartocorse.com/deda-clip-one-aerobar.htm
So would I be better off with more conventional tri-bars like the Tranz-X's? I would then be considerably higher due to the spacers on the Cervelo fork so would need to drop the stem, but would I then have a more forgiving hand/forearm/elbow alignment to enable me to stay low for longer?
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... s-10-37908
It appears that on these (and many more besides the arm pads are lower than the handles; this certainly isn't true of the Deda Clip One's:
http://www.repartocorse.com/deda-clip-one-aerobar.htm
So would I be better off with more conventional tri-bars like the Tranz-X's? I would then be considerably higher due to the spacers on the Cervelo fork so would need to drop the stem, but would I then have a more forgiving hand/forearm/elbow alignment to enable me to stay low for longer?
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