I ride a road bike with Vision TT clip ons. I've had them about a year, I like the position and they can be put as close together as you can tolerate.

I had the Profile Design Carbon Strykes as well - and also didn't care for them too much - I went to the Profile Design Sonic Stryke and am quite happy with these.

Hed makes a good pair of clip ons and the Ironman ones are good too. As for tri vs road....I have both and only because I bought the tri bike first. I am doing the Great Floridian Iron distance this year on my road bike with clip ons. I use my tri bike for local TT races, Gulf Coast, basically anything flat as it doesn't climb well.

Thanks everyone for the input. I am still looking. I think I am going to pass on the Ironman bars due to what every one has said about them. I am 5 '8' 165 lbs on a 54cm frame. I think the ironman bars would be too long and excess length and material is wasted weight and space.
I will let everyone know what i did decide on.
Thanks again everyone

I am having Profile CGTs installed on my road bike today actually...Can't wait. My IM friend told me to move my seat all the way up to put me in a more tri-bike position.

http://www.profile-design.com/product_pages/clip_on/clip_cgt.html

All,

Just went over to pick up my bike with the CGTs installed and I am changing to the Carbon Strike....The CGTs and too short (misleading in the picture on the web) I would not be stretched out as far as I need to be with the CGTs....So, Carbon Strikes are IT.

The Carbon Strikes are Ironman brand labeled, by the way, so added cool bonus!!

I was re-reading a section of Joe Friel's "Going Long" last night, and there's a good discussion on aerobars, aerodynamics and power. It seems that you can actually lose as much as 50 watts of power by being maximally aerodynamic (stretched out). Spending a few bucks for a professional fitting wouldn't be a bad idea.

thehitman

Just to point out, as I am sure you are aware, that being aero does not necessitate being "stretched out." As long as your back is flat, you are good. Also make sure that your shoulder angle is 90 degrees from your torso. I saw some dude struggling on the road on Tuesday... he had a road bike and way too long of clip ons, he looked like superman, his angles were all wrong. I see this a lot and it always makes me shake my head. MY problem with the carbon stryke is their method of length adjustment. Instead of sliding into itself, it sticks out towards the rider past the stem if you need it real short.

If the Jammers GTs dont work, I would go with a sized small aero bar, as anything larger will likely be too long.

The type of aerobar that goes on your bike is gonna depend on the style racing you do and the geometry of your ride. The shorter bars like the CGTs DO have the pads more towards the forearm than under the elbow as to not compromise the handling/ position when riding in the drops (ie no aerobar hang over like you might find with the Carbon Strykes. I am def. NO saying the strikes arent good bars, BUT they are designed for tri/ TT specific bikes. If you can position yourself on your road bike with the strykes to where your position is optimal (torso at 90 degrees from your legs and arms 90 degress from your torso) then thats great.
However, in theory, they shouldnt really work that well. I have seen the Strykes and they are long even by my standards. I refer you agian to the Slowtwitch.com site. Again, this is all theory and nothing is right 100% of the time, but there are several articles in there that suggest against a TRI bar on a road bike.

Not sure if this link will work: http://www.triathlon.org/zpg/zimgs-slide.php?tp=prog&id=5&xback=1&title=Large+picture
Notice the pro ITU racers on road bike with the shorter style aero bars and torsos that are slightly greater than parallel to their top tubes...due to the geometry of the bikes.
Now some Tri specific bikes: http://www.rooworld.com/images/2004/athletes/ath_legh_lg.jpg http://www.rooworld.com/images/athletes/tissink.jpg
The tri geometry allows for a lower bullhorn and aero bar, where if it is attempted with road geometry, you would be restricting your diaphram and range of motion in your legs.

Again, if they truley work for you, great, but make sure that your keep your angles correct, or your will be doing yourself a disservice in the long run.