On Nov 1, 4:00 pm, JoelMatthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > That's nice, but try that on a short person's 700c bike with drop
> > bars. Not nearly so much room. For such a person/bike combo, a rear
> > rack and panniers works much better.
>
> Well, I am talking commuters, not touring or rando bikes. At least
> for my commute - in densely populated Chicago - drops are not the
> best choice.
Indeed, when I lived in Wicker Park/Bucktown/Ukrainian Village I
experimented a bit and always came back to cut down flat bars on my
Nexus7 bike with some Ritchey True grips. Not severely hipster cut
down, but about 2" off each end--perfect for lane cutting on the right
and keeping the hands on the brakes. I did manage to courier on a drop
bar bike--with a friction six speed cluster though no less, but that
takes total bike zen when you're on Michigan Avenue and it's a big
chess game...
These days I can't say enough good about trekking bars for city use.
Yes, they're a bit wide physically, but when you're at the controls,
you're a narrow aero package, and the bars act like a bumper if things
get nasty. When you get away from traffic, you can leave the controls
and use all the yummy other hand positions. I know I stump for these
every other post, but they're such underdogs. They look really good on
a utility bike like my cheap and cheerful commodity Kona Dew as well--
they'd probably demean anything nicer. ;-)
> > ..:
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