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Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:03 pm
by Xplora
Any reason I shouldn't try this? Might have to pick up a few bits of steel to shim the bars... Want to get them a bit lower and I'm struggling to see why I shouldn't just flip them?

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:31 pm
by TimW
tres uncool lol :shock: :shock: :shock:

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:54 pm
by Xplora
TimW wrote:tres uncool lol :shock: :shock: :shock:
It's on the commuter, not Black Beauty :lol:

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:56 pm
by TimW
Well thats ok then...........................................hang on no it's not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOl

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:09 pm
by Xplora
Some of us are too soft to handle 300kms a week without bludger bars! :x

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:11 pm
by TimW
Xplora wrote:Some of us are too soft to handle 300kms a week without bludger bars! :x
Noooo surely not, it can't be so, but there was a twinge of an admission there :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:39 pm
by Xplora
TimW wrote:
Xplora wrote:Some of us are too soft to handle 300kms a week without bludger bars! :x
Noooo surely not, it can't be so, but there was a twinge of an admission there :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
:oops: :oops: :oops:

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:49 pm
by TimW
by jove i think i've got im!!!!!!!!! Lol :D

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:04 pm
by Xplora
You will soon fear the appearance of my head down, knicks up aero tuck! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:52 pm
by TimW
The presentation of your blurta does nothing for me i am sorry ol son Lol :mrgreen:

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:54 pm
by greyhoundtom
Xplora wrote:You will soon fear the appearance of my head down, knicks up aero tuck! :evil: :evil: :evil:
Photo or it never happened :lol:

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:54 pm
by Xplora
There is no way I'm going to get Shed help on this, is there? :lol:

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:26 pm
by greyhoundtom
If you have the Race Lite Aero Clip-On Aerobar, that is the two separate bars.......yes you should be able to clip them on the underside of the handle bar, and fit the arm and hand rests back up the right way.

However it looks like you then would need extra padding on the arm rests to get your arms comfortably above the handle bar.

As far as I can tell the Race X lite Clip-on have the mounting bracket in one piece making it virtually impossible to fit to the underside of the handle bar.

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:06 pm
by Xplora
Shouldn't be any safety issues with this approach, then? Noice. I want to flip them as it's worth an inch, and that's going to save a new stem purchase!

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:04 pm
by Mulger bill
Why do things the hard way? Slam That Stem :P
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You did say your commuter bike?

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:10 pm
by twizzle
Mulger bill wrote:Why do things the hard way? Slam That Stem :P
You did say your commuter bike?
I bet that voided the frame warranty.


Sent from my iThingy...

Re: Bontrager Tri bars upside down?

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:52 pm
by Xplora
Mulger bill wrote:You did say your commuter bike?
Like I said... I'm doing a LOT of kms to work, the bars just give another place to rest. It's really good training for maintaining the drops position as well.

I did tell the lads at the bike shop that I'd get a TT bike if it came with rackmounts :mrgreen: