Which TT bike seems like the better buy?

[HillSlugger]

btw, have you considered putting aerobars on your road bike? It's not the same as having a dedicated Tri bike, but it give some aero advantages and would get you off your wrist

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btw, have you considered putting aerobars on your road bike? It's not the same as having a dedicated Tri bike, but it give some aero advantages and would get you off your wrist

I have, but I'm under the impression that they'd not be something that could simply be swapped on and off easily -- and I still use my road bike for paceline/group rides (which I do 2-3x/week). Even if I weren't riding on the aerobars, just having them jutting-out is kind of dangerous to riders in front of me, in the event of a crash, right? Plus I'd need to look at a different seatpost to mimic TT geometry, I suspect.

[HillSlugger]

Yes, you are right that aerobars are usually frowned on in pacelines; that whole getting skewered thing

There is one aerobar that I know of designed to be easily removed and remounted: http://www.redshiftsports.com/quick-release-aerobars/

You'll never be able to duplicate a tribike geometry on a road bike, but you can gain some of the advantages by adding the aerobars and maybe lowering the stack height; and you can move the seat forward some, but not as radically as on a tribike.

I have my dedicated tribike (Cervelo P2C) that I use for flatter races and training rides and my Trek Madone with aerobars that I use for hillier riding and racing. I don't do many group rides, but when I do it's on the Madone, with the aerobars.