I have flat bars on several bikes, and I enjoy them. I ride about 60% time with drops, about 40% on flat/"alternative" bars. My favorites *by far* are One-One Mary's. The perfect fit for me is to install the upside down (See pics).
Many, many long rides (75k and more), mostly with plenty of climbing (several thousand vertical feet in most rides) My totally subjective, non scientific, seat-of-the pants assessment: drops are faster and more efficient (for reasons others have outlined), but descents are more fun with the flat bars - it's easier to brake. I tend to ride the flat bars when I am feeling out of shape and my neck/back are sore and not happy to be in the drops. Here ya go, check em out - on a Bob Jackson road bike and Pereira custom road. I also had Mary's on my Vanilla road for a while, and a Nitto bar my old Heron: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums/72157643546486474 https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums/72157637495551626 Vanilla: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums/72157648539227913 Heron (with Nitto bars) https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums/72157642068014924 Max Beach -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
