Does a product like this exist?
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Does a product like this exist?
I want something to rest the elbows when hunched low in TT posture and be able to easily swivel the elbow pads out of the way when not using it. Something really simple and cheap.
Please don't recommend me aero bar because it's not a good option for me. I need access to the brakes all the time, something you can easily swivel out of way (even while riding), and I want the simplest and cheapest option possible. An aerobar with brake levers is just too complicated, cumbersome, and if you don't need it, the only way to take it out of the way is to remove it which can be inconvenient and not always possible.
Something like this:
Please don't recommend me aero bar because it's not a good option for me. I need access to the brakes all the time, something you can easily swivel out of way (even while riding), and I want the simplest and cheapest option possible. An aerobar with brake levers is just too complicated, cumbersome, and if you don't need it, the only way to take it out of the way is to remove it which can be inconvenient and not always possible.
Something like this:
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Cobble something together out of PVC pipe, inner tubes, and hose clamps. Post pics.
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Core strength - very simple and inexpensive.
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Nothing like what you want exists. Certainly, nothing that is "really simple and cheap".
The thing the TT position gives you over existing alternatives is being narrow (having your arms in front of your torso.
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Profile Design has (or had) aero bars with spring loaded elbow pads that would flip up. I'm not going to research a link for you.
Use the pad rest, fail to install the bar. Simple.
Use the pad rest, fail to install the bar. Simple.
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Never had good experience with springs I prefer using some sort of resistance with stoppers and just moving the pads manually by hand to stow them away when not needed. Springs might throw you off the bike if you hit big bumps.
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There's also these things. I don't know if the pads move or not, though. I'll leave the jokes for others to come up with.
https://www.triathlete.com/gear/bike...rfin-aerobars/
https://www.triathlete.com/gear/bike...rfin-aerobars/
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You could potentially use an old stingray stick shift and mount them to the bars and put pads on them. That would give you the ability to rotate them.
I’m guessing they would be strong enough as many a boy lost his manhood on one.
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I’m guessing they would be strong enough as many a boy lost his manhood on one.
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i have this and you are wrong about them. they work fine. but they fail your two requirements, cheap and break access.
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There's also these things. I don't know if the pads move or not, though. I'll leave the jokes for others to come up with.
https://www.triathlete.com/gear/bike...rfin-aerobars/
https://www.triathlete.com/gear/bike...rfin-aerobars/
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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...pg?format=750w
There's also these things. I don't know if the pads move or not, though. I'll leave the jokes for others to come up with.
https://www.triathlete.com/gear/bike...rfin-aerobars/
https://www.triathlete.com/gear/bike...rfin-aerobars/
$1000 (not cheap) and being aerobars means they don't really match what the OP is asking for.
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do you find that they make noise when riding on rough surface when you are not on the arm rests? mine do. really quite annoying. looking for a proper solution to that, right now i have a rubber band that holds the rests tighter than the springs can on their own. works but a bit ugly.
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It doesn't seem like they'd work in the way the OP wants. And, at $155, they aren't cheap.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...pg?format=750w
https://www.morf-tech.com/
$1000 (not cheap) and being aerobars means they don't really match what the OP is asking for.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...pg?format=750w
https://www.morf-tech.com/
$1000 (not cheap) and being aerobars means they don't really match what the OP is asking for.
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do you find that they make noise when riding on rough surface when you are not on the arm rests? mine do. really quite annoying. looking for a proper solution to that, right now i have a rubber band that holds the rests tighter than the springs can on their own. works but a bit ugly.
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Haero H380 has the pad built into the top of the standard drop bar with two different attachments that can be easily removed to run the bar standard drop.
Go0gle it.
Go0gle it.
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There's also these things. I don't know if the pads move or not, though. I'll leave the jokes for others to come up with.
https://www.triathlete.com/gear/bike...rfin-aerobars/
https://www.triathlete.com/gear/bike...rfin-aerobars/