aerobar

noun

aer·​o·​bar ˈer-ō-ˌbär 

plural aerobars

: a set of bicycle handlebars or handlebar extensions that are designed to put a rider's body in a low, aerodynamic position

Once you get an aerobar, you'll be addicted to it. If you're new to the bar, try it first on a flat, fast course—it's phenomenal.

—Christine Mattheis, Bicycling, March 2008

—usually plural

If you watch the Tour De France, they use aerobars for aerodynamics but they are only riding 30 or so miles at most.

—Willy Nevin, San Jose (California) Mercury News, 13 May 2010

Word History

Etymology

aero- + (handle)bar

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

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