Aero bar or fork?
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TriTimKC posted 2 years ago.
Cool bike! I have an 01 Allez. Interesting choice...fork vs. aerobars. The fork will mainly help with the way the bike feels. Dampening the vibration from the road. Not so much with speed. The aerobars will help more with speed. But since you already have aerobars... If you're happy with the aerobars you have, I'd probably go with the fork. One side note on the Allez. I had trouble finding the right fork for mine since it needed a 1" dia threadless. So make sure this one will fit your bike if you go that route. Maybe ask your local bike store what size you need.
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Triguy98 posted 2 years ago.
If you MUST upgrade one of those two, the fork would be most beneficial. Your road bike will always be a road bike, per its geometry, and and putting bullhorns on it is doing nothing for you, but taking away more hand positions. A bullhorn is for tri bikes, because tri geometry makes the drops pretty much unusable.
For more (on this and just about everything else tri related):
http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/techctr/basebar.html
I would save that money, though. Neither "upgrade" is going to boost your performance noticably. Save for wheels or something.
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I have a '99 Specialized Allez I've spec'd for Triathlons. I'm upgrading my wheels and have a chance to get a Profile Carbon X Bullhorn aero bar (I'm using Profile clip-ons now) or an aero carbon fork. Both are $150 and I can't afford both.
Given that wheels will add speed what's the better use of $150 to further improve my ride? Fork over for the fork to complement wheels or go for the aero bars?
I appreciate your thoughts!