Hi there everyone

Although I'm not a brand new rider, I am new to aero bars...

I did a search for aerobars and for aero bars and didn't find anything that obviously answered the question I'm about to ask

I ultimately want to time trial at a competitive level in club races

Of course, part of this is using "the gear". My partner has fitted some aero bars to my lovely red pony, and suggested I just have a go when I feel comfortable...

Advice from my family has been - not down-hill, not in a cross-wind, not when with others...

So I have been trying to use them and I can see how they will eventually feel comfortable, but right now they feel incredibly foreign and not part of me at all (comparing it to how the bike feels like an extension of me)

I use only on flat straights, but can only seem to manage a few hundred metres (read yards) at a time before i feel like I'm gonna wobble outta control...

Any hints from anyone out there? How best to minimise the wobbles and increase the balance? How long before they feel like an extension of my arms?

Thanks in anticipation...