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aero bars aren’t meant to have to tops parallel to the ground, they are supposed to be angled down at the front. They are not to cut through the air cleanly, but to defuse the air over your shoulders once you are in the drops.
Thanks, that explains a lot. I’d always had the aero tops parallel to the ground.
The fronts on my aerofly bars do indeed point slightly down now that they’ve been adjusted.I can’t believe I’m only just learning this now.
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…aero bars aren’t meant to have to tops parallel to the ground, they are supposed to be angled down at the front. They are not to cut through the air cleanly, but to defuse the air over your shoulders once you are in the drops. Well that’s what I was told by the nice chap a specialized when he gave my his old SWorks aerofly bars, but shhhhh…