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Intentional Training for Descending Aero Position

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09-04.-2008, 08:26 AM	#16
Piotr Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Draper, Utah Posts: 406	Re: Intentional Training for Descending Aero Position And then, there are time trials where you end up in an aero position going downhill at 40-45 MPH. Maybe even passing others while doing so. I sure hope people practice "aero-descending" before entering such events. __________________ blog

09-04.-2008, 09:12 AM

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Re: Intentional Training for Descending Aero Position

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And then, there are time trials where you end up in an aero position going downhill at 40-45 MPH. ....

Look's like we've got one of those this weekend, have you gotten some practice in your new aero bars?

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09-04.-2008, 10:47 AM

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Re: Intentional Training for Descending Aero Position

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Look's like we've got one of those this weekend, have you gotten some practice in your new aero bars?

-Dave

Yup, we do. I did ride around in the bars a little, not 40-45 MPH though. But I've ridden that hill quite a few times, mostly down on my training rides. I can get lower in the drops, but not narrower. I don't know which is faster, but the TT it's fairly short (<20 min?) so either way maybe I won't lose too much time. I don't have a TT bike.

I'm more worried about Stage 1 being fairly flat with a few gentle rolls. IIRC, 45's start 10 min behind us and I wouldn't be shocked if you guys passed us. 3's kinda suck about getting breaks organized in flatter races. Remember Zimbelman/Shaefer in Lotoja? Yeah, those guys race 45's.

But this is oh so OT.

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09-04.-2008, 12:39 PM

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Re: Intentional Training for Descending Aero Position

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For me it's hands on the drops, knees and elbows pulled in as tight as possible, and chin down close to the stem. That's even for the relatively straight downhills that we have here. .

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Originally Posted by swampy1970

As far as the position goes - I'd work on getting lower first and then start thinking about moving your hands away from the brake levers towards the center of the bars/stem. Slide your butt towards the back (or even off the back) of the saddle to stretch out a little and shift the weight towards the back of the bike a little on the steeper descents, to even out the weight distribution. I find that I'm slightly less prone to locking up the rear brake this way when approaching tight turns on a fast downhill.

Since this was my hot topic of the day I tried to take notice of my position this evening. I am sitting a little forward on the saddle, which is typical for me so I slid back to the back of the saddle. The rest of the position was like frenchy described (except I did not drop my chin too much) and it felt a little more stabile even with a few stiff crosswinds. Even though I was lagging behind my friend, I wasn't too far back and it wasn't much trouble getting back up to him. I think I will stick with this for a while until I get some more confidence back and work on getting a little lower.

Thanks for tips guys

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