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    Anyone has advice on aero bars, especially Profile Design Neosonic Ergo 52A GMR ? Looking for comfortable ones, this allows restpads in front of the bar, and allows risers too… (for my gravel and road bike)

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    1. Euphoric-Paint-4969 on

      The ones above have great armrests that can be offset rearward like you mentioned. They give you a better pad position on a normal drop bar setup than a lot of aerobars out there. I have these exact ones and like them.

      Extensions are pretty much all interchangeable and Profile sells just this arm rest kit if you don’t like the extensions.

      Don’t get crazy with spacers or width.

    2. daeatenone on

      Don’t have these extensions but I’m a big fan of the profile designs sonic ergo series. Pads have tons of adjustability, different extension styles, every size riser. I would recommend extensions that aren’t connected though, the ones that are separated work on a wider variety of handlebars and stems, whereas the ones at are connected may not work with certain bar/stem combos due to the spacing between the mounts being fixed.

    3. threepin-pilot on

      for bike packing, typically you want the pads a bit farther aft than a road bike fit, and higher, with the primary goal being an additional position that provides relief to support musculature. looks like that one allows fore-aft via pad attachment and ” skis” fore-aft separately- the only shortcomings might be(might) be are fixed width and the angle of grip.

      I did a deep dive earlier this year and ended up with the PD

      I like them but have not gotten fully comfortable with them yet, and this year my riding has had very little conducive terrain

    5. demian_west on

      I recently got the Sonic ergo 52a ones (with 60mm risers)

      I hesitated a lot with Neosonic Ergo 52A GMR.

      – Sonic Ergo 52a has less rearward possibility for armrests than the Neosonic Ergo 52A GMR.

      – Neosonic Ergo 52A GMR extensions are quite short !

      Thankfully, before buying, a friend lent me his Profile Design T1+ (now discontinued), with 40mm risers. It allowed me to test and find the measurements and rearward position measurements I needed for armrests.

      The Sonic Ergo armrest adjustments just fitted well for my needs (But I set them at the max rearward position).

      In an ideal world:
      – I would have liked to have the Neosonic Ergo brackets **and** the Sonic ergo 52a extensions ! But I was not wealthy enough for that.

      – I maybe should have got the 70mm risers (instead of 60mm). That said, they were enough for me (I tested the setup extensively on a 600km trip). 40mm (when testing the T1+) was not enough: I got neck pains after 20min of continuous use.

      For readers:

      mandatory link about aerobars for bikepacking and long distance: [https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/ultradistance-cycling-aerobar-setup/](https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/ultradistance-cycling-aerobar-setup/)

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