Quote Originally Posted by MollyJ View Post
I still have yet to plug myself into my ipod while cycling on my new bike.
No one picked up on this, so I will.

Don't get in the habit of riding with music. I tried it a couple of times with just 1 earbud, out of curiosity, but I didn't like it (and my hubby really tsk tsk'd). While running I will have sport headphones that allow ambient noise and keep the volume low, but then I am facing traffic, not going at high speeds, and the wind doesn't distort the speakers and make me have to have the volume too high for safety or for the health of my hearing.

To the OP, I would ditch the tri bars for now. I'm a relative noob, though I've put close to 5k miles on my road bikes in less than 18 months -- I still don't feel comfortable with the thought of tri bars. I may get some clip on ones for future time trials or duathlons, but I wouldn't use them much otherwise. Definitely not while riding with others.