The handy dandy straw is your friend here. Once you’re up and riding, the first thing you’ll likely want to do is drink from the unit. Now that we’ve got everything in place, let’s take a look at usage. Note however that any water bottle can fit into this slot, as then the little metal piece simply presses up against the bottle helping to keep it in place.Īnd you can see that bottle cut-out below: This helps to keep the aerobottle sitting upright and straight, versus potentially rotating around. This strip pops up into the aerobottle, which has a notch on the underside. One item worthwhile noting is that you’ll see a small silver strip. Once you’ve got the bracket in there, you’ll simply tighten up the two bolts to lock everything in place. This required me/us to increase the width of my aerobars – which ultimately would have an impact on aerodynamics (more on that later). The challenge I ran into here though was that the wings have a minimum width – and my bars were configured in a more aggressive position (read: tighter together). This is done using simple Velcro on the wings. You’ll go ahead and hook the wings onto your aerobars. And second is the width of the wings that clamp onto the bars. First is the front/back sliding of the computer mount. With that, there’s two bolts of note, or rather – two bolts in total. Given you have a bicycle, you likely have a hex wrench. Installing the unit is pretty straight forward. You’ll have to add your own mount to it.Īnd finally, the whole thing just sitting there: Note (PLEASE!) that the Edge quarter-turn mount is something I’ve added on top of it. ![]() That said, I did take some component shots later on once back home – just to make things a bit clearer.Īnd a closer look at the bike computer mount. Just happened to work out that way, and way easier than bringing the box back home on a slew of flights. You’ll notice that the unit was actually unboxed at the velodrome (where we did aerodynamic testing). Though honestly, if I needed the paper junk we’d probably have other issues. You’ll see the bottle sits within the holder, and the strap is external to it. I assure you, once you snip these zip ties, it’s impossible to ever make it look so pretty again.Īfter getting rid of the external shell, you’re left with the below. Here’s the box, it’s cleverly designed such that the bottle stands upright using zip ties. ![]() This may be the fastest and least unboxing ever seen here in an in-depth review. ![]() Also, because the technology world constantly changes, I try and go back and update these reviews as new features and functionality are added – or if bugs are fixed. ![]() But, if I’ve missed something or if you spot something that doesn’t quite jive – just let me know and I’ll be happy to get it all sorted out. I write these reviews because I’m inherently a curious person with a technology background (my day job), and thus I try and be as complete as I can. Lastly, at the end of the day keep in mind I’m just like any other regular triathlete out there. Sorta like hiking in wilderness trails – leave only footprints. Because I want to be transparent about my reviews, once I finish up with the system (here after clicking publish on this review), I send it back to them in the Long Beach. So in the last couple weeks and a bunch of rides – I’ve got a pretty clear idea of what I like and don’t like. Unlike most gadgets, a water bottle system isn’t something that takes a terribly long time to form an opinion of. With my trip to LA a couple weeks ago, I met up with the Profile Design crew at Panera Bread and got handed off one of their new and almost available Aero HC systems to try out. And it’s that bike computer piece that really interested me in trying it out. However, the Aero HC was somewhat of an interesting duck – it was part aerobottle (for triathletes), and part bike computer holder. Instead, as you’ve seen to date, I focus on sports technology products. As a general rule, I don’t review things that are bike components (in the traditional bike component aspect).
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