HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I prefer a dropped bar but this video gives a good insight IMO
Got to have a few of each.
Really? I'd better make some more room in the garage!
I love the look of fatbikes but fail to see any point in them. What is it they can do that a MTB can't?
Back in my youth, the general rule of thumb was for the tops of your bars to be level with your saddle. A lot of the road bikes sold nowadays have the bars a lot lower than the saddle and on a steerer/stem that cannot be raised like the old quill stems. Admittedly the drops are a lot shallower nowadays and might not be much different in vertical distance from the saddle as in the old days. Riding on the tops or the hoods nowadays is a lot lower than it used to be on a drop-handlebar bike (there might be exceptions amongst the racing fraternity) and that might contribute to the lack of comfort with drop bars.Rode flat bar bikes up until I was about 15, then drops until I was 55. Now got another flat bar bike and there's no contest - flat bars every time now (although I still have the drop bar bike). But then, as the song goes, I'm built for comfort not speed. I enjoy tow paths and light off-road trails and I feel much more secure descending with the straight bars. I find climbing easier, too. That body position in the video for the drop bar bike looks likes a racing position to me - my neck aches just looking at that. But I get that I'm in the minority :-)
Some of my bikes have flat bars, and some of them have drops. I like both.
Fun, that is what bikes are about. You can ride a fat bike in places you cannot others.
Some of my bikes have flat bars, and some of them have drops. I like both.