Clip on TT bars

vespario
vespario Posts: 228
edited August 2013 in Road buying advice
Looking to add clip on bars to my road bike. Will have to be added and taken off for TTs. Not a permanent fitting. Any recommendations?

Thanks

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  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    From experience, no, you need to find the ones that work with your body shape. If you can borrow some that'd be ideal. Otherwise take a punt on some second handers..

    I've got profile t2, can't say I like them, they work very close together and are very straight.
  • brearley
    brearley Posts: 165
    I would have a look at the deda options which are cheap.
    If you have a bit of money though I'd go with zipps offering at around £75
    this way if you do decide to take the leap and buy a proper tt bike you could carry over these brackets as they are massively adjustable with the use of many spacers and ways of clamping.

    Please be aware however if you are putting straight onto a road bike unless you have a massive amount of saddle to bar drop your position will come out higher than without the bars as ultimately the pads will be at least 2cm above the bar, in this case I'd look at getting an adjustable stem and pointing it downwards to negate this difference.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I'm sure I read a review lately of about 20 clip ons and the best value ones were by Token I think - like these - http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/toke ... tAodWkIAdQ

    I dont like the straight bars either - puts your wrists in an unnatural position.
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    15 of the best / worst
    http://www.triradar.com/gear/best-clip- ... rs-review/
    http://www.stuartmole.co.uk/
  • heavy_rat
    heavy_rat Posts: 264
    Save your money and get a proper TT bike if budget allows. Fitting TT bars every week, adjusting the seat, stem, spacers etc gets very boring after a while.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,720
    Or if your budget doesn't the Token ones in the TriRadar article are perfectly acceptable for a club rider doing tens.
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  • vespario
    vespario Posts: 228
    Thanks for advice and links.
    TT bike. n+1 if only!
    Some great food for thought.
  • overlord2
    overlord2 Posts: 339
    Don't bother with clip-ons. Far better off just just concentrating on getting a good comfortable position on the drops.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I don't think so. Much faster on tribars.
  • Crank spank
    Crank spank Posts: 11
    Get the token bars, they'll be fine if you just want little free speed on your solo rides.

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