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Old 01-28-2022, 01:38 PM
mtechnica mtechnica is offline
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Originally Posted by ripvanrando View Post
The solution to lowered visibility in the TT position is simple. Instead of rotating the torso forward in the TT/Tri position, rotated it the other way. Visibility is perfect. Feet are out front and head is towards the rear. If you crash, you are closer to the ground and it is the feet and legs, not the head, taking the impact.
This is genius actually. Recumbents have better visibility, even more advanced aero than TT bikes, and are even faster, so why not just switch to them for time trials?