I would have said look at all the other riders' body positions compared to Leah's. It's the same. It's the same position I am in while holding front of my Albatross/Billie bars. I can't dispute that drops are great sometimes (mostly wind for me), but I have my drops high enough to comfortable and useful for me. That may not be the case with many "over the counter crotch rockets" <-- love it!
Bones On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 8:12:02 AM UTC-4 Marc Irwin wrote: > Eric, > The point is that riders don't use that position. Even against the wind, > only one with drop bars actually got into the lower position. They all > stayed up on the hoods or the flats the whole ride. > > Marc > > On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 7:38:12 AM UTC-4 Eric Daume wrote: > >> Is there any doubt drop bars aren’t faster? Less drag goes a long way. A >> more leaned over position lets you use your big butt muscles better. >> >> Leah is up front because she’s a strong rider. Maybe she would be up >> fronter if she had drops. >> >> Eric >> With no drop bar bikes in the garage. >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, Marc Irwin <irwi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It was a normal Monday night ride with the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club. A >>> typical group was riding 15-16 MPH for 25 or so miles. A good bunch of >>> people in biking regalia on their over the counter crotch rockets with drop >>> bars, except for me and Leah Peterson on our Rivendells. with upright >>> bars. In the lousy cell phone shot I took from the back of the group, >>> Leah is the second white helmet from from the front left. Notice her >>> posture compared to the body position of all the riders on their drop bars. >>> [image: high bars.jpg] >>> It was that way the whole ride. Most club riders assume their drop bars >>> make them faster, after all, EVERYBODY uses them right? >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cedfdbf5-1e48-4ac8-b43b-5a4929b914c5n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cedfdbf5-1e48-4ac8-b43b-5a4929b914c5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/215d459b-1c69-4f28-9e3a-fe9e4f058540n%40googlegroups.com.
