Originally Posted by
canklecat
Those all-in-one TT/tri aero bars need an elephant motif. Paint the forearm rests like ears, the aero bar extensions like trunks, and the rest like a mouth and tusks.
All 4 of my bikes have them. They're the original and first mass produced aero bars. They came out in '87. And I got my first pair at the end of the '87 triathlon season. I think triathlete magazine described them as something Dolly Parton would wear.
The gripshift came out shortly after, and I had the first generation of those too. They were 6 speed and I had the LBS install them on my pinarello in '88. When they came out with the 7 speed someone complained that you had to twist the wrist too much, to which Duathlon King Kenny Souza asked, what ***** would complain about that?