Base Bar/Aerobar Question
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UFTriGator posted 1 year ago.
If you get integrated bars, you don't need a base bar. They are both the base bar and aerobars in one piece. Since there's no material used for clipping them together, they weigh less and are more aero. Sometimes they have the stem attached, too. If you're planning on just getting s-bend clip-ons to put on the same bullhorns, handlebars generally come in two sizes: 31.8mm and 26.0mm. I think yours are 26mm (the Race X Lite is 31.8, though), but if you pick out 31.8mm bars, you can get adapters (really just round shims) that will let a 31.8mm aero bar fit on a 26mm base bar.
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Triguy98 posted 1 year ago.
The Aerolites were the first real part I swappwed out on my E7. before I did that, I really hacked em down. I took the spacer out from under the arm rest and cut down the up turn.
The base bar is ok, but I would either go for a PD T2 wing with T2 or an intergrated bar. Intergrated bars tend to be more $$ than the seperates.
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MaverickUNC posted 1 year ago.
Thanks for the help. I'm planning on picking up a set of Vision Tech TriMax Racing-bend integrated bars for my birthday coming up.
Would I be able to transfer my current brake levers (Cane Creek BL2000K levers) onto the bar? I'm assuming the bar allows for any sort of TT brake lever, so hopefully I won't have to drop more $ on visiontech levers...
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I've been looking at ways to upgrade my Trek E7 for this upcoming season. I've basically decided that one of the few things I might be able to afford and would actually like on my bike are integrated aerobars to replace the stock clip-ons that came with the bike. Currently the bike runs a set of Profile Design clip-ons on Bontrager Race-lite bullhorns. I'd really like to get a set of integrated s-bends. Would I have to buy another base bar in order to accomodate for a set of new aerobars?
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