None really. As Tony mentioned, they can be dangerous if someone is actually in the aerobars, you have less control, you can't give hand signals easily nor get the brakes easily. You can ride on the handlebars out of the aeroposition if you need access to your brakes but if you have bar end shifters you may not get to them quickly. A number of triathletes don't own any other type of bike.
Currently I am just riding my tri bike more in order to keep my back happy. mary _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan and Kim Kimbrell Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 2:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Gyros: 13651] Re: Important: For those who ride Areobars Another point is that there are Tri atheletes that go out together for their own rides and stay out of the group environment altogether. Besides the training purpose of getting used to tri bars what is the benefit in a pace line or a pack of bikers? ----- Original Message ----- From: mary <mailto:[email protected]> dorsey To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 12:42 PM Subject: [Gyros: 13650] Re: Important: For those who ride Areobars Tony makes a good point though I have ridden pacelines with aerobars , not in a large group. Also aerobars don't let you have the feedom to give appropriate hand signals to the people behind you. Right now, I am only riding my tri bike and due to my back injury am having trouble with any time spent on my road bike greater then 20 mins. Slowly working on this again. Mary . _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Gyros: 13644] Important: For those who ride Areobars G's, I have been told that some of you who are new to the club and maybe even new to riding with groups and have areobars are using your aerobars while riding the paceline. Please keep in mind that using your aerobars creates an unsafe environment and could potentially cause an accident within the group. Riding aerobars puts you at a disadvantage should you need to apply your brakes in a hurry. It is also hard to ride a straight line and we all know what potential hazzard that can be especially in a double paceline. There is only one case when riding aerobars is ok and that is when you are pulling up front and that is the only time it is allowed. There are a lot of rules when riding a paceline that everyone should follow and they are all there for a reason and that is for the safety of the group. To read more about riding the paceline, here is a link from our website: http://www.raleighgyros.com/pdf/riding_the_paceline.pdf So please, let's be safe, stay out of those aerobars and enjoy the ride. Thanks, Tony <BR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
