8 Of The Cheapest Triathlon Aero Accessories You Should Buy!

[@gtn]

What is the best upgrade you've made ahead of race day? Share them with us 👇

[@chrisstrider]

Train lots eat well sleep well 😊

[@kurtisbraun2347]

Nutrition hands dowm

[@douglasbooth6836]

Trek madone, trek clip ons that are built by trek for the madone. Helmet, speedsuit, long cover shoes.

[@panzerveps]

Best long term upgrade was a proper hand built wheel set with a good set of tubeless tires. Best cheap upgrade was a proper training plan.

[@darthjohn0]

Bigger (1 liter) water bottles. And premixed drinks containing gels so I don't have to fiddle with gel packets.

[@Toto_Muc]

The Elite Chrono bottles are very cheap. Go to a track after a race day to a bumpy section, you will find a lot of them 😂😂😂

[@timstriathlonjourneys7575]

I’ve put some skateboard tape on the arms, grips the bottle good and firm

[@suttonfarms2343]

Training my tail off and have also purchased many of the aero items in this video! Aero helmet, socks, front hydration system, behind-seat hydration system and also shaved! If I can save 10-40 watts over a 116mile ride before the 26.2mile run, I’m all in! Love the channel.

[@DigininjaRobin]

If you are doing 116 miles then the first thing you need to stop when you get to T2 and not do extra laps around the carpark.

[@suttonfarms2343]

@@DigininjaRobin That would normally be the case, but the Chattanooga Ironman boasts a 116 mile cycle course. If I stopped in Chatty at 112 and headed to T2, I’d be dq’d! 😜

[@jazznroll5]

I have a tip for spares and/or nutrition items, storage. - I have the topeak fastfuel tribag. - i attach it on the top tube, front side back. - i put spares or nutrition and i glide it under the top tube. - then the bag sits nicely and aero behind the front triangle of the frame. - when i want a gel, i slide it up take the gel and slide it back under the top tube.

[@grahambell9831]

Great video Mark 👍. One more for consideration: a latex inner tube if running clincher tyres....lighter, faster, a few watts saved, lower rolling resistance and a little more comfort 👌

[@safronovtube]

Or TPU tube for the same matter, even lighter but more expensive material.

[@grahambell9831]

@@safronovtube yes indeed a tpu would be just as good......better also as a spare in the seat pack ( less weight & room) 👍

[@ezgains]

Thanks for the shout out 😊 We are all about Gains without the Cost. Keep smashing it 💪

[@csarcpab]

I've been using Michelin Power Time Trial tires and for a fraction of the price they're Corsa Speed fast!!! They have though much better tire puncture protection and paired with latex tubes it's the smoothest most responsive fastest tire/tube set I've ever used!!!

[@You-Tuber2024]

I done the bar change, went from a 44cm to a 38cm. Massive jump but well worth it for me who’s aero obsessed Great tip on the padding too, I’ll be doing this with my Giro helmet

[@maxbucky24]

Big fan of the EzGains products!! Use both the disc cover and the chainring cover and love them, also look sick 😂🔥 They’ve got an aero derailleur cover on the way…

[@TriHard612]

the home window shrink plastic is another option for your helmet other than packing tape on the vents. also good as a rain cover for bad weather.

[@DigininjaRobin]

I've just swapped the aero bottle that came with my TT bike for a normal round bottle as I figured I'd rather be able to grab any old bottle from an aid station. It may lose me some watts but being able to drink is more important. I'll look at the behind the saddle option but I'm not very coordinated so that probably won't work for me.

[@DaSweat69420]

The aerobars from the canyon aeroad you showed actually dont allow mounting tri bars

[@wilfdarr]

For anyone wondering about clip-on aero-bars: I'm currently using them, but they aren't as good as they sound: note at 3:01 how close to his chest his knees are: they are really closes up your chest because of the road bike geometry, where the saddle is not directly over the cranks like on a triathlon bike. Yes there is a huge aero savings there but at a huge power output/efficiency of movement cost. I use them on downhill sections where aero is more important than power, but they are really limited in their usefulness (in truth, they mostly hold grocery bags). That said, I've already decided I'm keeping the aero drops and clip-ons when I upgrade: I very much prefer having both brakes and shifters co-located on technical sections, and once I'm on the aero-bars I'm not messing with my gears at all, so I've decided to keep that layout moving forward. Hope this helps someone out.

[@sail5820]

Depending on your saddle, saddle position and spacers for clip ons, you can achieve a very good position on a road bike

[@wilfdarr]

@@sail5820 That's my point: a dedicated road bike will never push the seat forward enough to get a good TT position: you're just better off accepting it, and using it the way it was designed to be used.

[@Markhypnosis1]

That's not entirely correct. I have a Specialized Roubaix endurance bike with clip on TT bars and can put out just as much power as when on the hoods. 90 mins on the TT bars at 270 watts average..... Which is near my FTP power.

[@aaroiseverything]

does X watts faster mean at that given speed, I can push X watts less to ride at the same speed?

[@felixs.7730]

yes, exactly. For example without the upgrades for holding 30 kph you have to hold 220W, and with the upgrades its just 180W for 30kph. I tried that in the real world multiple times with my powermeter. Aerobars are ridiciously efficient...

[@douglasbooth6836]

We need you to test the water bottle in the front if your suit to see how good it is.

[@jplay0426]

You should give us a list of your favorite items for each category

[@lukesmith6479]

I really wish it was "Watts not to like about that" at the end of the video

[@tripaul2489]

It's a pity you didn't showcase the hydration system from Stealthparts that was on your table. The company is really impressive - you can meet the two founders at various events, and the hydration system itself is seamlessly integrated, providing aerogains

[@Christri]

Only works with one brand. From what I saw and one model of that brand. While the other works with most stand standard stems.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Their prices aren't remotely fitting for this video.

[@markthrelfall3577]

We have met and spoken to them a number of times at events. It’s a fantastic product

[@johnnyboy4711]

Feel like buying a met helmet for some strange reason

[@mikoajlipowski6750]

What about shaving hands?

[@RS-il5zw]

is tubeless better than latex

[@Aeronwor]

Will aero socks save me more time, than it takes to put them on? Which distance is the tipping point? Won't my feet over heat?

[@gtn]

12 September 2023

[@stevenglorieux9772]

You forgot an empty water bottle on your chest 😊

[@user-kt4oj5eg9g]

Electric tape?))

[@haus_power]

Dropping 10kg….. of body fat. Over a long period of time 😊

[@rich9573]

Latex tubes is another good one!

[@gtn]

Yes - how much of a difference did that change make for you? 🔥

[@thomasbezencon2121]

Or TPU?

[@ericb8985]

How would latex tubes offer an aero gain? Rolling resistance and weight but I don't get the aero.

[@rich9573]

@@ericb8985 oh true its not an aero gain but a cheap good way to make you faster.

[@MichaelSmith-fg8xh]

2-4w/tyre for ditching butyl inner tube. TPU and latex are similarly resistive. This difference gets much bigger for lower pressures.

[@Zopilote]

Drag doesn't increase exponentially with speed, but cubically.

[@markthrelfall3577]

So yes, exponential. It increases rapidly with speed. Precisely, cubically

[@Zopilote]

That's incorrect, a power function and an exponential one are strictly different mathematical functions. y=x^a vs y=a^x @@markthrelfall3577

[@Zopilote]

To be more clear, an exponential function is where the variable is the exponent (for example, the r-values that determine how fast a virus spreads) . The drag function does not have a variable exponent, as the exponent is always 3, it is instead the value under the exponent that is variable (the rider's speed). That is called a power function, specifically in this case a cubic power function. @@markthrelfall3577

[@zambokid89]

So much rubbish data thrown out there!! 40w saved on bars. C'mon😅😂

[@ellisdunning8593]

You're so right. If we believed every watt saving, we would barely have to pedal to achieve 40kmh 😂

[@kurtisbraun2347]

How can yall skip past yoga for triathletes and not have a tutorial #gtncoachescorner