This may be a really silly question… is there any benefit in using aero bars on the indoor trainer if you don’t use them on the road? Might there be some carryover to riding more aero on the hoods or drops outside?
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Somewhere to drape a towel, put food…..in my case also a mounting point for a game controller, but in the past I had a keyboard there to chat during online rides/races
It get you used to and comfortable with delivering power in that position; I use them a lot when I’m training for TTs. The disadvantage, with my setup in particular, is that its not the best position for cooling.
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alright now we’re getting out of hand worried about aero indoors
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i’d def not get bars if you’re not gonna use them outdoors. but indoors I find it harder to hold my aero position…so I just go in spurts. a min here and a few min there in drops and aero-hoods position. if I am stuck indoors then go outside it’s quite a bit easier for me.
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My main racing next year will be the local TT series. I’ve been doing alot of my recovery rides on the TT bike on the trainer. It is helping me get more comfortable in the extensions, and it has seemed to help me hold an aero hoods position on my road bike. I’m goiong to attempt to use the bike for my Sweet Spot tomorrow and I’ll report back.
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I’ve always used the “train how you plan to race” in respect to aero bars, especially if you have not been on them in a while/not used to position. Even if you are flexible and comfortable in the sticks you have to get your leg muscles used to putting down the power in them and for me it translates to power in puppy paws/aero hoods/drops outside as I don’t have aerobars on the gravel bike. If you don’t plan to use them outside it still can give you more hand positions for long sessions, places to put phone, and practice on flexibility and putting down power in a “low” position.
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I did Truchas +2 (Truchas +2 - TrainerRoad) and was able to spend the majority of the first 23-minute Sweet Spot effort and about 1/3 of the second in the extensions. The issue, as another poster had stated, was airflow. With my hands where they wanted to be on the extensions, they blocked most of the airflow from the fan, so I had to move my hands to somewhat uncomfortable positions to get any flow onto my face, and ended up spending a lot of time on the basebar.
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Not for performance benefit, but I’m thinking about putting clip-on aero bars on my trainer bike this season just to provide an alternative position and something different (anything to help alleviate the tedium). The only thing is they’ll run into my RAD trainer desk with my current setup so need to figure that out.