mollusk

Hey, KP, if you ever get this figured out let me know. I'm a total noob at this stuff, so I can't help you out.

Today I rode for the first time ever with aerobars. I had a set just lying around because they came with a bike that I bought on Flea-Bay (Profile Design, Airstryke, and F-19 are on the things - I have no idea whether these things are good or not) so I thought that I would give them a whirl.

First thought was "Holy crap, does this make the bike twitchy. I'll never be able to ride in these things." After a while getting used to them and practicing transitioning from the "normal" bar positions to the aerobar position it wasn't so bad. My second thought was "Holy crap, you can go one hell of a whole lot faster with these things."

A couple of questions for those in the know. First, are dedicated TT bikes just as twitchy as road bikes with clip-on aerobars? I don't plan on buying a dedicated TT bike soon (although the shop that sponsors my racing team sells Felt and I might be able to score a killer deal on one), but damn the bike handling of a road bike with clip-on aerobars it is a major distraction.

The second question is how can I get my position lower? I have no spacers on my bike that I'm using as a TT bike (2002 Lemond Zurich - these have a pretty short headtube BTW) and I have my stem flipped down and I even rotated the aerobars down about 10 degrees from that and I still feel like I could get lower/more aero. I even started out with the aerobars inserted to their minimum amounts. I'm looking for a CHEAP solution here, not a $10K bike purchase solution.