Tool box attached to aero bars: illegal fairing?
I was trying to streamline my bike setup and haven't been really happy with my bento tool bag behind the stem. I am thinking that I would like to attach an aero box to the bottom of my aero bars. It would fill the entire gap between my bars. Would this be legal or viewed as an aerodynamic fairing?
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There is a size limit, TJ had to take apart this at Kona.
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Yeah, that's TOTALLY a fairing. Looks like a motorcycle windscreen. Can't believe he thought he'd get away with that.
That TJ setup is crazy!
You have to really push the envelope to get WTC to crack down on a bike, but that set-up had a neon flashing light yelling UNFAIR! Looked like the top cover was based upon a small crotch rocket windshield.
He was adopting the NASCAR If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin' mantra.
Should have just gone for the recumbent if he was going to put something like that on there.
HA HA HA!! That's hysterical! Make fun all ya want, but if he had gotten away with it you know you'd all want one!
My experience has been the USAT and WTC both put significantly more focus on enforcing the rules for PROs than AGers, before, during and after events.
Before the race, I've heard of the officals looking at every bike on the Pro transition rack over night at an ironman, but just casually walking by the AG racks to look for anything that really sticks out.
During the race, the officals by the AGers are pretty much just looks for obvious drafting/packs and other offenses. Again however they pay much more attention to the rules for the pro race and will have a stopwatch ready to time a pass.
To me there is nothing at all wrong with your idea and I would just giving it a try. As long as the purpose of it is to store tools that you would normally have you may as well make it aero. Just keep it within reason and don't make somehting like TJ did and you will be totally fine.
Thanks again all. Here is a pic of what I did.
If I needed to care more stuff I would consider borrowing your idea but my bento box holds everything I need.
@Sam - I have only had it on a quick ride to test it out. It didn't really affect the handling any. The stuff I carry isn't all that heavy compared to water. I will need to test it out on my long rides this weekend to really get a sense of how it feels. I will let you know.
@Bob - From what I've heard I think my solution holds more stuff, but I'm totally down for your idea. Just need to win the lottery first
Here are some more pictures.