I come from a backpacker background that gravitated into mtn biking as a weekday thing when I couldn't strap on the ol' Kelty and disappear in the craggy basalt of Western Mass....
Then I discovered BIKEPACKING - but I couldn't (Can't) shake the flat bar (with long curved bar ends). I've gone to a nice hybrid with 700c's (I ride 28mm Armadillos - thin but tough as the nails I regularly ride over) but I just don't see the need for drops!
Most of the bikers I see are riding the damn hoods ANYWAY! And I have that position (even better as I can stretch out my fingers across the bullhorns)
Now... I do think that some Aeros might be nice... but I like my long stem "0 degree" with a flat and flattened out bullhorns
Any other nonconformists out there?
Then I discovered BIKEPACKING - but I couldn't (Can't) shake the flat bar (with long curved bar ends). I've gone to a nice hybrid with 700c's (I ride 28mm Armadillos - thin but tough as the nails I regularly ride over) but I just don't see the need for drops!
Most of the bikers I see are riding the damn hoods ANYWAY! And I have that position (even better as I can stretch out my fingers across the bullhorns)
Now... I do think that some Aeros might be nice... but I like my long stem "0 degree" with a flat and flattened out bullhorns
Any other nonconformists out there?