Eric hit it on the head for my experiences and thoughts on the topic. I don't ride drops any more but neither do I like riding like Mary Poppins. Also when I see bikes with drops that are hiked up well above the saddle it kind of takes me back a bit. Always appears to be ungainly but if someone prefers to ride that way, let it be so,
On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 5:03:56 PM UTC-5, Eric Norris wrote: > > I bought a bike from a fellow list member about two years ago that has > “upright” Soma Oxford bars on it. I found the bike’s initial setup to be > uncomfortable even for short-is rides, and ended up getting a longer stem > that puts me in a position somewhere between “upright” and “road bike.” > Summary: It wasn’t the bars, but the position … and it didn’t take very > long at all to figure it out. Once I made a few changes, the bike became > comfortable enough for a 400-mile tour down the California coast. > > I can easily envision a setup with drop bars that would be just as > uncomfortable (I’ve seen photos of many such bars-in-the-stratosphere bikes > on this list). > > To each his own, but I’ve found a more road-ish body position (leaning > slightly forward) more comfortable than sitting straight up. And it’s not > just the bars, but the combination of frame, bars, stem, and seat position > that makes the difference. > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > > On Jan 23, 2018, at 1:35 PM, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > I've never ridden an upright 40 miles. I use drop bars for that. I have > upright bars on the bicycles I use for scooting around town, > shopping,riding the tandem with my son, visiting friends. > > > -- 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.
