Critique my new aero position? (Page 2)

I'm not even looking at the bike. Whether it's too big or not is irrelevant at this point -- the position is what I'm looking at.

Toes down vs feet flat -- totally a personal thing. I've seen plenty of fast people with both. What I see is that the knee angle is very open at the bottom of the pedal stroke with the toes pointed slightly down. I assume (and maybe not correctly) that this is a natural ankle angle for the OP. In that case, the seat height from the BB is too high (fore/aft is another matter entirely and can't be really dialed until the front end is sorted out).

For a tri fit, you don't fix the seat position and then start lowering the front end. That's backwards. You get your arm position relative to your torso, then the seat height (relative to the bars) is determined by neck strength and flexibility -- how high can the seat go relative to the pads before you can't see down the road? Then the whole shebang is positioned fore/aft relative to the BB by the hip angle needed.

But once you have a bike and you're trying to fit to that, the whole process gets a wrench thrown into the works and you're working from compromises.

The other thing you could do is get a really good road fit and learn to ride faster/better, then think about a tri bike down the road.  Road bikes are not tri bikes and I don't understand why people try to make them into something they inherently are not. 

As someone who has only just done their first triathlon I think you're actually putting the cart way before the horse.

The ITU guys do triathlons on road bikes #JustSayin 

Yes.....but they don't set their road bikes up to be tri bikes, or try to get into a similar position as a tri bike.  All this talk about moving around the BB and blah,blah,blah regarding getting into an aero position on a road bike is just a bunch of bunk for a road bike.  Get a good road bike fit, learn to ride your road bike, train to ride fast, then worry about a tri bike and aero position.

If you are more comfortable with the toe point, it is likely because your position doesn't allow you to be comfortable without the toe point.  Unless your name is Jacques Anquetil I would recommend not pointing your toes while you pedal.

Yes a little bit of 'ankling' might give you a bit of power from 6-9 o'clock, but the VAST majority of your power should be from 12-6 o'clock and it probably isn't worth the effort, especially knowing we have to run off the bike.  Ankling can be a bit hard on your calves.

ankling, not angling.

its a term used to describe pointing your toes near the bottom of your pedal stroke in an effort to "scrape the mud" off of the bottom of your shoe.