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Profile Aerobar Setup

I use a flat-top drop bar, the Profile Dromo (40cm). I greatly prefer flat-top to traditional round bars because you can rest your forearms comfortably for a pseudo-aero position and flat bars are easier to grip during climbing.

I also owned the Cinelli RAM combo/one-piece flat-top drop bar and stem. The 40cm/110mm model I have weighs 476g complete with the computer mount.

Unfortunately, the lack of adjustability of the Cinelli made me switch. Plus, there was no way to mount an aerobar to the non-round bar for special events.

The Dromo accepts a unique clip-on aerobar called the Wing Clip, which has a special bracket that clips onto the non-round bar section. (See picture of the bracket above.)

The Dromo itself weighs nearly 300g and is the aluminum version of the lighter carbon Dromo Pro (probably about 40g less). However, the 100m Ritchey WCS stem weighs just 105g, making for a total of about 400g - still less than the all-carbon Cinelli RAM.

The Wing Clip is rated at 642g complete with arm rests. However, I use it without the arm rests; instead, resting my forearms on the Dromo bar tops. That configuration weighs 382g,

I also dislike the J-bend bars on the Wing Clip. I prefer the newer S-bend style of bar. So I purchased a Profile T2+ aerobar kit and substituted the bars. (The bars are compatible because they're both 22.2mm in diameter.)

Although the T2+ bar is made of aluminum and the Wing Clip bar is carbon fiber, the T2+ bar is lighter, as can be seen in the above picture. (I also use essentially weightless stick-on foam rubber on the bar tops.) As a result, this Wing Clip/T2+ setup shown below weighs 348g. (Upgrading to the carbon fiber-tubed T2 Cobra would probably save 20g.)

Sandiway Fong
Jan 2006
Tucson AZ


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