datlas 

I broke my hand in a tri swim so riding my road bike is not possible for awhile.

However, I do have a set of clip-on aero bars and am considering putting them on my road bike to convert it to a TT/Tri bike. I can try cruising in aero and that will not put any weight on my broken hand.

I don't have a zero setback seatpost, but I can slide my current saddle about 3 cm foreward (currently set up KOPS).

Any resources or suggestions to help me with other sizing/set up issues?

ahsposo 

They do tri swims in pools?

Who knew?

datlas 

Not this one. Murky lake swim. Some moron was swimming breast-stroke and kicked my hand. Hard.

ahsposo 

Ow!

In my (before dissolute) youth I swam. I banged my wrist in a sloppy backstroke turn. Nothing broken but back then I tended to bounce rather than break.

Youth is wasted on youth.

I'd not push healing my friend.

Maybe running is what you need to work on.

2 wheeler

fify

Essex

Sorry about your hand. Man o man, who does a breast stroke for speed? I also think the guy must have had a 2x4 attached to his foot. Ouch.

ahsposo 

no you didn't, you fuced it up. Lay off.

Mr. Fixit.

2 wheeler

Youth is wasted on the young.

George Bernard Shaw

(Do a google search to confirm...)


You were saying??

mshred

you might want to consider raising the seat as well as bringing it forward.

thinktubes 

that's not how shaw did it.

99Klein 

Time for some r&r me thinks. You'll still need to use your bars and the Aero bars will limit some positions. No need to risk further injury.

That said however, I'm on a Dr forced break from riding and misery loves company, so take my advice for what you paid for it .

Hawgfan27

Retirement is wasted on the old

aaronmcd

You registered just for that?

I thought the first post is supposed to be a new thread like this:
"is this Cannondale worth $700?"

2 wheeler

Well, that's TRUE!

aaronmcd

OP,
How long is the hand out of commission?
I can usually tolerate a week off on rare occasions, and usually come back stronger. I would definitely consider what you're thinking of if I broke my hand though (if I could still shift and brake a bit) Hopefully you have some nice long, flat, uninterrupted, low traffic stretches of road.

loxx0050

Wow, that is one part that scares me about Tri's is getting kicked by a breast stroker and losing my googles or worse. It is a serious stroke of bad luck to had a hand broken by that though. I understand that usually weaker swimmers do it and even some veterans I know do it when the water is really cold and the body starts to panic/tighten up involuntarily.

Why don't you just let the hand heal and as other have stated put in more running miles. Or relegate yourself to a stationary bike or spin bike or even stick to the indoor trainer for biking miles. That way you don't have to lean on the bars at all.

c0urt

I usually did back stroke in tri's until I became a life a life gaurd and was really taught how to swim, I could only butterfly and several other strokes for short distances. got punted in the head and shoulders several times, But was fast enough on a bike to make up for it massively.

as for the bike, while you might not be putting weight on the broken hand, you will be losing a brake and a shifter for a while,
and if you live in a flat area, that may not be an issue, but there may be a situation that comes up you wish you had both.
when I burned my thumb, I just let it heal for a bit. before I started again.

Bah Humbug

Some are, actually. I don't acknowledge them though.

seypat

Have you thought about what might happen if you encounter an emergency situation? Maybe an animal or car pulls out in front of you. Stay off of the bike and let your injury heal.

Hiro11

Hawgfan27

Lol long time lurker

hhnngg1

That's a freak accident. Swimming is really safe, relatively. The deaths that have occurred (several per year) are invariably due to a cardiac condition that occurs in the water - there hasn't been a single verified drowning incident in a person with a healthy heart in triathlon races for a long, long time, and broken bones in the swim are pretty rare.

Road Cycling is far, far more dangerous, in comparison.

And at the OP - even if you could find aerobars that fit well, you'd still need your hand to brake regularly. Probably wouldn't work out for you.

loxx0050

I've done a few Tri's already and swimming is still the part I am weakest at IMO. But I am trying to get to the podium in the next few years (hopefully) and can freestyle it the whole way but am really slow compared to the podium guys in my age group (and even slower compared to the elites). I am still very uncomfortable with the mass wave starts (which is all the races I've competed in). I hope I don't get kick and have a broken nose as a result or something but the bumper car type jams really mess with my rhythm too much. My very last tri on the swim portion, even though it was only 1/4 miles was horrible because of how crowded the water was. My time was almost 2 minutes slower than the last race because of how crowded it was.

To the OP, take it easy on the hand and let yourself heal properly. You'll regret it if your injury never fully heals right (I've still got a pinkie finger that doesn't feel right completely after almost 2 years from a dislocation from playing football).

Nachoman

Personally, I'd probably keep all weight off the hand for a few weeks and just use a trainer.

StanSeven

Actually it's done more to see where you're at and if you are on course. Also when you gain on slower people ahead you need to figure out to to get through or around them