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Most people put them a couple of inches behind their handlebars (see pic, these are the old Vuka clamps / pads which were the best, but with other extensions) so that they are not in such a stretched out position when on the aerobars.
Or you may even want them in front of your handlebars - I once did that on a road frame I converted to a TT bike.
I think those ones are terrible as you can't slide the bars back and forward in the clamp to adjust how far the bit you hold is ahead of the pad. That, combined with having no back / forward pad adjustment means you basically just get one position, which is highly unlikely to be the one you want. You have to adjust your position to fit the aerobars, not the other way round!
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frank9755
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Ah got ya, I see what you mean. It’s a shame they’re not the sort of thing you ever see in shops as hard to get a sense of what they feel like until you’ve got them on the bike.
You have to adjust your position to fit the aerobars, not the other way round
Yeah that was the issue I’ve found. Ah, search continues then…
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Those bars are so far back they'd be sexually interfering with me!
My pads sit over my bars and I get on with the new shape. You lot need to work on your hamstring flexibility :P
jakemcree
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Ha, I wouldn’t say they’re terrible but just not quite right for me. I reckon they’d probably be fine if you have slightly longer arms than I do.
I must be being stupid here but where else would you put them?