Fitting a road bike for triathlon

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2014-07-17 12:13 PM

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Subject: Fitting a road bike for triathlon
Can anyone recommend a good site that lists the measurements for fitting a road bike for use in triathon? Or does anyone have any suggestions? I spend some time in aero and some sitting up climbing hills. Should I go somewhere in between a road fit and a tri fit? Thanks!

2014-07-17 12:42 PM
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Find a LBS that can give you a Retul fit. The best money you'll spend
2014-07-17 5:32 PM
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Take a look at the RedShift aero bars / seat post for a way to get aero position on a road bike. I currently use the bars on my commuter bike and it helps me get time in aero when I'm not on my TT bike.

2014-07-17 5:50 PM
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Assuming you currently have a road bike, this is what I would do:

1 - setup your bike so that you can ride in a powerful position on the drops and the hoods. The hoods should be comfortable for longer efforts and the drops should be comfortable for shorter, harder efforts, cornering, descending.

2 - add shorty, clipon aerobars that offer an additional position - keep everything else where it is so that you have a bike that is well setup, you can ride for long periods of time and has three solid positions

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2014-07-17 7:16 PM
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Subject: RE: Fitting a road bike for triathlon
Originally posted by gsmacleod

Assuming you currently have a road bike, this is what I would do:

1 - setup your bike so that you can ride in a powerful position on the drops and the hoods. The hoods should be comfortable for longer efforts and the drops should be comfortable for shorter, harder efforts, cornering, descending.

2 - add shorty, clipon aerobars that offer an additional position - keep everything else where it is so that you have a bike that is well setup, you can ride for long periods of time and has three solid positions

Shane


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2014-07-18 11:28 AM
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Subject: RE: Fitting a road bike for triathlon
Shane,

So you would recommend fitting it 100% for road riding and not consider the aero bars in the fitting? When I got fitted by the LBS several years ago they did close to a road position but with a few differences to make it more of a tri fit. I can't ember what those were. But you're saying you wouldn't make it a tri fit at all? Thanks for the help!

2014-07-19 12:08 PM
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That's exactly what I would do; a solid road racing position with aerobars as an alternate position. I would not bother trying to create a pseudo-tribike with a forward seatpost or similar modifications.

Shane
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