Looking for ideas to close the gap between upright FTP (hands on the hoods) and FTP in aerobars. I’m an experience triathlete and for over two years have been training with power. My current FTP in aerobars is 254 watts and 284 watts in upright position. This type gap has been here from the begin…

Read somewhere that much shorter cranks help triathletes change their hip/leg angles which apparently helps with power. But it’s nothing concrete, just something I vaguely recall on the matter… But then again if you had bike fits then I am assuming that you tried this. If nothing else helps then m…

Have you experimented with crank length? I found it significantly easier to maintain higher power when switching from 175 to 165 cranks. Gave me more room to breathe and less issues with quads touching my stomach.

[image] Same power in your TT position as in your Road position. This is how Equipment I wanted to post something about the things I found while optimizing my TT position for a while now but the last episode of the TR podcast was even more motivation to do so. @Nate_Pears…

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