Originally Posted by
TinyBear
Why the recomendation of getting a drop bar bike when i do hit my goal and am looking for a new bike? I have some issues with my right hand (kinda crushed it with a truck many years back) so putting any weight on it for legthy periods of time is painfull and i end up loosing all feeling in it for some time. I figured a drop bar would put even worse strain on my hand so have been looking more at hybird commuter bikes.
People rec'd the drop br bike because they had no idea you had a hand problem.
Actually, many rider strart on straight bar type bikes, some mtn bike, some hybrids. As you develope a s cyclist and start doing longer riders, 100 miles for example (century), the advantages of a drop bar is ttat there are more hand positons for comfort along the course of riding 2100 miles. Then there are the advantages of narrow high pressure tires and speed, less rolling resistance on looooong mileage days.
Not to say a mtn bike is capable of 100 miles, just more efficient on a roadbike (drop bar bike)