"dukey81" wrote in message
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Hey crew, am looking going at purchasing a new tri bike i am moving up
into olympic distance and half ironman races and hopefully ironman races
(eventually) but the majority of my races are of the sprint distance.
What set up would you recommend for me the normal STI or the shifters at
the end of the tri bars (can't remember what their called.

"Barcons" are the little levers that go on the end of drop bars or
aero bars.

Will you be training on this bike? Solo or bunch rides?
If you are riding in traffic, STI is more practical and
safer. If you are serious, your bike could be fitted with
the barcons on the end of your aero bars. Usually though,
I think you would have normal STI levers on the drop bars
and barcons on the aero bars, i.e. both systems could be
used for gear changes. It is easy then to remove the aero
bars when doing 'normal' road training.

Check out:
http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon/bike/000347.php
http://www.transitiontimes.com/bb/vi...m=18&topic=322
http://vn1.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/3945.1.html (see last post)

You might also want to look at the rec.sport.triathlon ng.

hth
hippy