I cut my own Steerer tube...
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Wasn't talking about your bike...
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That is exactly what I was using as the base of my humor remark. I have the disc collection and watch it often! Those guys are hilarious!
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The current expert fitting has back/torso in the same position with hands on drops and hands on hoods.
Hands on hoods if bars are right height puts forearms parallel to ground and exposes less frontal area = more aero than lowering bar that has forearms sloped and more arm in the wind. Arm in wind resistance > stem in wind resistance.
Hands on hoods can be more aero with forearms parallel to ground than drops where you have more arm pushing wind.
Depending on rider, but for the non torso parallel riders in many cases the slammed bar is less aero.
I adopted this from seeing Elite kids (Cat 1s) setups being fitted/fit. My son was tuned for that position - he got faster - we think a bit due to this.
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