Profile Design Century ZB Aerobars Handlebars

3.83/5 (6 Reviews)
MSRP : $59.99


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Product Description

One-piece design. For touring and entry-level tiathlon events. 6061 aluminum tubing. Adjustable width arm. Black.


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Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Robert Alcasabas a Recreational Rider

Date Reviewed: April 10, 2004

Strengths:    Price, weight and simplicity. Also very well made.

Weaknesses:    Lack of adjustability, but hey, I knew I did NOT need that since these bars fit me to a "T".

Bottom Line:   
Wanted something light, inexpensive, and of good quality for those charity rides such as the MS 150 from San Antonio to Corpus Christi or from Houston to Austin. Either way, if I don"t have a team around me, going solo with this aero bar is a nice alternative!!!!

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Favorite Ride:   Texas Hill Country or Bershire Mtns.

Price Paid:    $30.00

Purchased At:   e Bay

Similar Products Used:   Scott Aerobars that were WAY to wide and clunky-looking

Bike Setup:   2002 Bianchi Eros, stock except for Selle Italia ProLink Gel saddle, TIME Equipe Pro pedals, 700 X 23 Hutchinson Excels


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Sprockets a Recreational Rider from San Mateo

Date Reviewed: December 8, 2002

Strengths:    Designed for oversized or regular diameter handlebars, easy installation, and work well when adjusted properly. These are probably better for riders with short to medium length forearms.

Weaknesses:    The armrest pads do not have the "air channeling" that the Airstryke model has, so the forearms get a bit sweaty when wearing short sleeve jerseys. Limited fore/aft adjustablility.

Bottom Line:   
It's been a challenge finding aeros to fit my oversized 31.7mm handlbars. Profile is starting to offer products that fit, and a friend spotted these at an LBS and grabbed them for me (what a pal!)

With a few tweaks after installation, I'm able to ride comfortably for extended periods in the aero tuck. Mine don't slip at all and I think it has something to do with the larger clamped surface area, plus they fit perfectly around my handlebars. No shimming required.

True, you can't adjust the length of the bars themselves but I found that by swinging the elbow pad bridges forward or backwards you can make up for some of that. If they're swung forward, it also frees up a little more handlebar grip area.

Aero bars gave me an excuse to purchase another goodie - a new carbon seat post. Why? My old seat post was set back and you want to be positioned a bit more forward when using aero bars. Here are a couple of good articles to read on this: http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/bikes/difference.shtml, http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/bikes/karma.shtml.

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Favorite Ride:   Anywhere with few cars, beautiful scenery, and blue skies

Purchased At:   gift from a friend

Similar Products Used:   none

Bike Setup:   2001 Litespeed Tuscany, Deda Magic oversized handlebars, Deda Newton stem, Syncros carbon seatpost w/zero setback.


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Bleve a Commuter from Melbourne, Australia

Date Reviewed: March 30, 2002

Strengths:    cheap, light, comfortable

Weaknesses:    rotates around clamps, a little too narrow for my chest

Bottom Line:   
Good quality, on my old hybrid it gets me into a half decent aero position. Difficult to fit onto narrow handlebars though, had to shim it out with bits of steel, and it tends to rotate around the muonting clamps unless done up very tightly.

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Price Paid:    $100.00

Purchased At:   Cycle Science Mitcha

Bike Setup:   1996 Giant Option Hybrid.


Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Ben a Triathlete from Sidney

Date Reviewed: May 17, 2001

Strengths:    price, weight

Weaknesses:    lack of adjustability

Bottom Line:   
Cheap, easy and lightweight aero-bar. The price makes it worth a try. You lose some handlebar area while climbing, but by hack-sawing off part of the pad mount you can gain back at least 1 inch of room. Overall, the price is a bargain for a basic aero-bar

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Favorite Ride:   saanich peninsula

Price Paid:    $45.00

Similar Products Used:   profile breeze

Bike Setup:   Marinoni Leggero


Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Brian a Recreational Rider from Massachusetts

Date Reviewed: September 8, 2000

Strengths:    inexpensive, pads for forearms to rest on, weight is competitve (a little over 1 pound), adds comfort and speed on long rides

Weaknesses:    too short, non adjustable length, blocks access to tops of handlebars, when installing it must be tightened so much that it may mar the handlebar

Bottom Line:   
This product retails for $60 and for $20 more you can get the profile airstryke which solves all the weaknesses mentioned... it even has spring loaded arm pads so you can still use the bar top hand position. It is however a good product and does what it is supposed to do, i would reccomend it for triathletes, but not for touring.

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Price Paid:    $45.00

Purchased At:   Gravity Warehouse (www.gravitywarehouse.com)

Similar Products Used:   None

Bike Setup:   2000 Kona Haole



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