I find drop bars very comfortable if you fit them to your body - right height etc. If high enough you are able to ride in drops comfortably and use the hoods and front for upright riding as well. I love them on my AHH. I have the albatross on my Tour bike Bombadil... I've been riding them for 4 or 5 years .. during loaded touring I don't like riding more than 50 mile days though it does happen regularly .. :) I have no problem in winds as I have gears... in big head winds I just prop my elbows on the ends .. drop my forearms over the hooks and go on... main riding is in the hooks. I found the balance between getting them far enough out there to allow the reach I like .. like riding on hoods on drops to be critical for me and a bit to far means the upright ride puts to much pressure on hands.. once again the fit to your body and likes is important in my opinion. Note to the albatross has room for large Arkel Handlebar bag like drops for my DSLR camera with zoom.
For me... both bikes are comfortable at my distances 50-85 ish miles and I wouldn't hesitate to take either bike on rides of these distances and confident I would be comfortable. But to answer your question... event rides where distances are 60 to 80ish per day I'll take the AHH with drops. My opinion only :) Kelly On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 11:41:00 PM UTC-5, Daniel D. wrote: > > Day Dreaming about how I would build up a sam. Thinking about why I want > the sam realized it would be for fun long rides. If I'm running errands > I'd use my cheaper bikes. Loaded touring I have a bike for that. Are drop > bars a safer bet for long distance riding? Don't have much experience > with upright bars. Seems like the upright bars limit the options for hand > position. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
