Originally Posted by
carleton
Take advice from the coach who has seen your son ride and knows his strengths and weaknesses...especially over a bunch of internet strangers reading 2nd hand info from his dad (no offense).
Internet advice is great for amateurs and those coaching themselves. Personalized coaching is much better. It seems like your son already has that. So, anything we say is immediately trumped by the coach's advice.
If you are gonna listen to us over the coach, then why have a coach?
I agree. But his coach is almost 70-year old. He is not up to date with equipment. He has no experience with powermeters and modern equipment at all and thinks equipment makes no difference and junior can ride on anything. Even an alloy bike and alloy wheels as long as he trains right. Old school. So we need some external advice. There is very few people here who have any idea about modern equipment and they are not keen to share their knowledge. And we aspire to medals in European Championship.
We also need some good aerobar. We have no clue which one. The one we have is more than 10 years old and has no adjustments. My son complaints that in team pursuit, he can't see a wheel in front of him when riding on this aerobar.