i'm doing sort of a long ride in a couple weeks. i'm thinking about getting a set of aero bars just for that. is that lame? has anyone ever done it? and if so tell me what you used. yes i used the search function.

How many miles are you traversing?

100 miles

do that **** dude!!!! i hella want aero bars for my risers

can't tell if that's sarcasm or not...

Well, it is up to you to decide if it is worth it to purchase aero bars for a 100-mile trip.

Unless you are trying to go as fast as possible, I do not really see the point.

i'm trying to impress girls by going faster than my friend so yeah going fast is a must.

i guess my main concern is if it's lame. will hipsters make fun of me?

I bestow on you the hipster seal of approval

Girls don't get impressed by bikes. a good pair of Gel riding gloves and bullhorns will probably be better. I do about 30 a day with my bullhorns with no issues, aside from minor fatigue issues i'm not sure aero's would be worth it?

not sarcasm dude

would bullhorns be a better purchase? i have a $100 gift card to this really lame bike shop called "performance" so i'm not worried about the cost as most aero set ups are less than that. plus with the aero bars, i'll have something to lean my arms down on.

bull horns are the same thing as drops with hoods, except you do not get the drops. If you have hoods bullhorns are worthless.

i have road drops with one cross lever

This makes no sense at all to me. How are they the same as drops? you stretch out on bullhorns, and down on drops, totally different position and muscle group for the upper body i believe.

You misread somewhere.

He was saying the hoods on drops are similar to bullhorns, but bullhorns lack the actual drops.

nevermind, i wasn't picturing it right in my head, got it now, the hoods thing was throwing me off.

Do you have a front and rear brake? If so switch to hoods. If not you can put one real hood and one dummy hood

It's probably pointless to get them. Aero bars work on a TT bike because they have a much steeper seat tube angle to accomodate the more forward lean. On a regular fitted road bike or track bike you'll be leaning so far forward that your hip angle won't be open enough to get any reasonable power from your legs. If you're going to do aero bars you'd want to move your seat way forward or even get a set forward seat post, which would make your drops a lot less functional.

Basically, unless you plan on resetting your whole bike fit and are going to ride exclusively on the aero bars, it won't work very well at all

thank you.

get the road drops up to a ride-able position if you haven't already. On the open road its easy to spend an entire ride in them

While I cant exactly disagree with this, there is another school of Aerobar thought. Ever notice how a surprising number of bicycle tourers have aerobars? Well, they obviously don't want to go fast, or else they wouldn't be carrying fifty pounds of cargo. The secret, Aerobars can be comfortable! They steer horribly, but they give your wrists and hands a break from carrying your weight, and let you use your bones as support instead of you muscles. After a long day in the saddle, this can be a godsend. Not a good general position, and you can't steer to save your grandmother, but on a long, straight, boring stretch of road, sometimes a change is enough.

Sprintin' time!

Maybe my long straight stretch of road is different than yours, but I find it difficult to sprint for 10 miles.

Pfft, with that attitude, of course you will not be able to sprint for 10 miles.

You have to want it!

I have aerobars for commuting, and am very happy about that every time I hit a headwind.