Originally Posted by serpico7
+1
I saw an idiot riding on his aerobars in the Tour da Bronx. Thousands of cyclists, most of them very casual cyclists (read: poor handling skills), and this poseur thinks he's doing a TT amongst them.
Hope he got shouted down? Man, I have no problem with aerobars, but they are not for pack riding. One of my training rides is with one other rider, and the idea is to both use aerobars, and basically redline it for two hours. I'm at threshold on the front, and creep back down to tempo behind. It's a great workout and since we're both focussed on time trialing, it makes sense to simulate the TT position.
I really can't see why roadies would hate aerobars since most of us own them anyway; most of us are forced to do at least one TT per year!