Smokin Joe
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I can't stand flat bars, the lack of hand positions make my wrists and arms ache after a short while.Flat bar road bikes are a thing, not sure how widespread they are though.
I can't stand flat bars, the lack of hand positions make my wrists and arms ache after a short while.Flat bar road bikes are a thing, not sure how widespread they are though.
I can't stand flat bars, the lack of hand positions make my wrists and arms ache after a short while.
Add a pair of bar ends, some double up as a tool kit.I can't stand flat bars, the lack of hand positions make my wrists and arms ache after a short while.
If most ppl on this thread rarely use the drops and by extension, then have to reach for the gears/brakes, why don't you get a hybrid instead which are usually cheaper and have easily reachable brakes/gears....I just don't get it. Is it an image thing?
I don't think I've ridden a bike with a straight bar since I bought my first road bike in 1979, so my memory may be a little hazy. I think I remember finding that I always wanted to move my hands nearer to the centre than the position of levers would easily allow. A drop bar, with the entire width of the tops available, solves that immediately. Everything else flows from that; you have the variety of positions which everyone talks about. You don't need to be spending the same amount of time in each position for them to be effective.If most ppl on this thread rarely use the drops and by extension, then have to reach for the gears/brakes, why don't you get a hybrid instead which are usually cheaper and have easily reachable brakes/gears....I just don't get it. Is it an image thing?
I don't think I've ridden a bike with a straight bar since I bought my first road bike in 1979, so my memory may be a little hazy. I think I remember finding that I always wanted to move my hands nearer to the centre than the position of levers would easily allow. A drop bar, with the entire width of the tops available, solves that immediately. Everything else flows from that; you have the variety of positions which everyone talks about. You don't need to be spending the same amount of time in each position for them to be effective.
Not for me. I prefer the multiple positions available on drops.Add a pair of bar ends, some double up as a tool kit.
I've looked at hybrids, but I'm on a pension and couldn't fund one, I've also looked at a flat bar conversion, on my geared bike its too expensive, going over to bull horns on my fixed , like on my last fixed, could be an option.
You should be able to pick up a good steel hybrid second hand for about £50 and then add/swap bits. A fair chance it would end up being more comfortable than anything bought new.