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Base bar question

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  • 20-08-2014 7:32am
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    lizzylad84
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    Looking to upgrade the base and aero bars on my bike. Currently there 400mm wide but I'm more used to the width of the ones on my road bike, which are 440mm wide. I've only had the TT bike a couple of months and i was just wondering should I get my new bars the same width as the ones on my road bike? Or should TT bars be a size smaller than road bike bars?


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    tunney
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    lizzylad84 wrote: »
    Looking to upgrade the base and aero bars on my bike. Currently there 400mm wide but I'm more used to the width of the ones on my road bike, which are 440mm wide. I've only had the TT bike a couple of months and i was just wondering should I get my new bars the same width as the ones on my road bike? Or should TT bars be a size smaller than road bike bars?

    If you are that concerned about the width of your base bars it would lead me to believe you would be better off on your road bike.

    If you are using them that much to notice and be concerned by how much they differ to your road bike then you are not ready to be riding a TT. Stay aero and base bar width doesn't matter.


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    peter kern
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    400 imm is very common for tri aero bars , if you were to upgrad and go wider you are not really upgrading as wider is more fronal area which then is slower .
    to answer question yes base bar should be narrower on tt than road .
    I guess you cycle faster than tunney but he has a point on technical coursses a tt bike with drop bars can well be faster dpending on bike handling skills and wellington won hawaii on drop bars.


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    tunney
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    peter kern wrote: »
    400 imm is very common for tri aero bars , if you were to upgrad and go wider you are not really upgrading as wider is more fronal area which then is slower .
    to answer question yes base bar should be narrower on tt than road .
    I guess you cycle faster than tunney but he has a point on technical coursses a tt bike with drop bars can well be faster dpending on bike handling skills and wellington won hawaii on drop bars.

    Most people do cycle faster, but I can still handle a bike. TT or road :)

    If you are riding on the base bars alot - either you cannot ride a TT bike, or you should have picked a road bike for the specific course.


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    peter kern
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    or C many triathletes (fazz and myself included) have only one good bike to race on . which would ALWAYS be faster than their other bike
    even in a hill tt if i adjust position.


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    lizzylad84
    Registered Users Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭lizzylad84


    Cheers for the advice folks. I'm a newbie to the bright shiny world of triathlon's, so all help and advice is greatly appreciated.


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