On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 2:37:16 am UTC+11 Steven Sweedler wrote: Several pro riders are moving to much narrower bars for the aero benefits.
There is a UCI-imposed limit on how narrow handlebars are allowed to be for road events (350mm, I think). The other change that some riders are making / have made is going to shorter cranks. Apart from any biomechanical advantages, shorter cranks allow a more aero position because the rider's knees are not coming up as far at the top of the pedal stroke, so the torso can be lower without reducing the hip angle to the point where power production suffers. Tadej Pogačar started his racing career on 172.5mm cranks. A couple of year ago he moved to 170mm, and last year to 165mm, and his results after the change speak for themselves - last year he entered 27 races and won 24 of them, including two monuments, the Giro, the TdF, and the world road championship. Pogačar is 5'8", not particularly tall, but even Wout Van Aert, who is 6'3", is now using 165mm cranks on his road, cyclocross, and TT bikes. Nick Payne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/08efa1b5-d00c-43f7-beb5-fec4e84fcc1dn%40googlegroups.com.
