Originally Posted by
OldTryGuy
Reaction time required is dependent upon whatever and when the "SOMETHING" is that is happening.
I am at this moment at 5 weeks, 2 days, 6 hours from an "encounter" with a 150lb wild hog while riding my aero-bars at 20.1mph. The crash resulted in a broken scapula, 2 broken ribs, a punctured lung and shoulder damage. Had this event taken place 6 hours later in daylight NOTHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED because I would have seen Big MAMA coming at me and would have avoided her.
Would you still have hit it if your hands were on the brake hoods? Those things are pretty fast and I doubt you could have missed it, but I could be wrong.
I've been using these for three years and have never had an issue with reaction time. Even when not on the aero bars I don't have my hands on the brake levers. Do you? Same reaction time as being on the hoods. But, overall, the risk of that happening is dwarfed by the comfort and ability to go a LOT longer than I used to. I just can't do a pushup for two hours!