ICAN TT017 TT Bike Build

[Aradell]

I've been looking at your pictures, and the technical drawings a bit. These are just my thoughts.

In the current configuration, all the load is transferred both via the bolts (the bolts work mostly in tension), as well as via the spacer stack (these are under compression).
This mechanism or load transfer doesn't really change when u put the Winow extensions, or some other extensions instead of the ski poles. Most of the load is on your elbows and go through the plate either way.

If you were to change the extension and use the existing base plate. Then you are stuck with a base plate that has the interface/holes for the ski pole extensions.
What material is this base plate? Aluminium? Or steel? Depending on the material, you could grind off the fittings for the ski poles. If the plate is steel, I'm 99% certain this would be fine and still strong enough. Not so sure about aluminium.

Manufacturing a new plate would also be an option, but pretty hard. Since, like you said, it would need the same male/female interface to interact correctly with the spacer stack. And the holes for the bolts also need the right chamfer/radius on the top, so that you can use the different angle spacers for the base plate.

I would reach out to ICAN to purchase a extra base plate (part 22 on the drawings) and modify it as best as you can. But this would obviously depend on the price for this part.

[Triexpress]

I've been looking at your pictures, and the technical drawings a bit. These are just my thoughts.

In the current configuration, all the load is transferred both via the bolts (the bolts work mostly in tension), as well as via the spacer stack (these are under compression).
This mechanism or load transfer doesn't really change when u put the Winow extensions, or some other extensions instead of the ski poles. Most of the load is on your elbows and go through the plate either way.

If you were to change the extension and use the existing base plate. Then you are stuck with a base plate that has the interface/holes for the ski pole extensions.
What material is this base plate? Aluminium? Or steel? Depending on the material, you could grind off the fittings for the ski poles. If the plate is steel, I'm 99% certain this would be fine and still strong enough. Not so sure about aluminium.

Manufacturing a new plate would also be an option, but pretty hard. Since, like you said, it would need the same male/female interface to interact correctly with the spacer stack. And the holes for the bolts also need the right chamfer/radius on the top, so that you can use the different angle spacers for the base plate.

I would reach out to ICAN to purchase a extra base plate (part 22 on the drawings) and modify it as best as you can. But this would obviously depend on the price for this part.

The plate is made of steel. You can and would need to cut off the fitting for the steel pole to fit the Winow bars. I borrowed a set from a friend and the pole fittings clash with the bars unless you raise the angle with the Winow angle spacer.
I don't see this as a problem and I'm sure it would not affect the strength.

Yes, a new plate would need to have the right chamfer angle if you use the angled riser pieces. I was planning on using a plate without the angled riser and fit angle pieces to the new bars and plate to avoid this.

Ask ICAN for a cost of an additional plate or ask them if they can modify it. The more people that ask they may listen and change the design. I have asked and they said they would not change the design. I also told them after I built the bike as part of some feedback that this is the major drawback for this bike as its very common for people to fit alternative areo bars to TT bikes.

[bnam2043]

Your bike look nice, wish that i can buy that frameset in Vietnam, Ican has agent in Asia which is Quick and Sherry refuse to sale it...
Quick sale the frameset for 16800 CNY    ~ 2300 USD @@