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Originally Posted by Hermes
On Sunday’s road ride, I had a junior on a mountain bike pass me when I was going 22 mph. Speed is not the point but what he did after he passed. He changed hand positions and dropped down and grabbed his fork. Now, he was in a perfect aero position with a flat back, turtled head and arms moved in. Now he started to put some distance between him and me.
It's a great position. I learned about it in like three frames of the 2021 Specialized Epic promo ad. Several of the juniors on the HS team do it, but all those who also race road just use IAB/puppy hands.

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