[MENTION=408211]dpd3672[/MENTION] , @richietables: I stumbled upon this article on SlowTwitch and is describes my situation very well. I never really rode a bike before last summer when I picked up a cheap no-name road bike. As I learned to ride and tried to find my sweet spot in terms of position I noticed that I was most comfortable down in the drops. I never like riding on the hoods much and I hate sitting up and using the tops unless necessary for taking a drink or catching a breeze when slogging up a long hill on a hot day.

I picked up a used set of Syntace C2s and instantly was in heaven. Well, almost, riding in the aero bars with my old Bontrager road seat got old quick. Add a Prologo Nago Evo Tango in Tobago for Taco Tri 40 seat and I spend 90+% of every hour on the aero bars. All in all, this is probably the most comfortable I can get this bike, save perhaps for some 23-25mm wide rims to smooth out the rough patches a bit.

My problem is that I have to have the seat slammed all the way back to have a long enough reach -- and I'm still ~15-20mm too short with a 120mm stem. That causes me to have an effective seat angle of ~70-71 degrees, which means that my hips are either excessively flexed or I'm kinda lifting myself up like a pushup on my forearms which ain't comfy either. It seems that I am at the "tweener" stage Dan Empfield mentioned in the article.

So, I can try to find a longer/lower stem and otherwise mess around or I can try a bike that is designed for riding almost exclusively in the aerobars. I'm guessing that the second option would be ideal since I could learn how my body fits on a Tri/TT bike instead of trying to force a road bike to handle a position its designers never intended.

Does this make sense to you all? I'm a neophyte and feedback is very helpful.