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Road Fan
What is a Road Bike Fit with Aerobars? Is it a thing? What is it? Who has done it? How good is it?
It most certainly was a "thing" in the era of Dave Scott's dominance when the go-to set-up for an effective/affordable Tri bike was the inevitable Centurion Ironman fitted w/ Scott Tri or Clip-on aero bars. The OEM stem wasn't road race long and with the then new SIS DT controls it was just a matter of bolting on the Scott clip-ons, sliding the saddle slightly forward and adapting to the position and quirks of handling ( there certainly were/are some) and having at it.
Most of us roadies did the same "back when" after Le Mond's starling TdF victory in '89 proved that "Tri-bars" were indeed faster in the TT discipline, although the elite were dropping the big $ on "funny bikes" so equipped as well.
The Vitus 979 that I rode several bike legs for a mixed gender Tri relay team "a while ago" just had Scott clip-on bars fitted and the saddle moved 1 CM forward, a position that worked for me.
-Bandera