Originally Posted by
mijome07
Sounds like you're inefficient.
if by inefficient i have the bike that best suits my riding habits, then sure.
i have a hybrid with 700 x 38 tires, a flipped stem for a similar aggressive flat bar stance of an MTB'er, gear ratios and geometry suited to a variety of riding situations, and i ride on suburban NJ roads, some off-road where drop bars would fail miserably like over rooty and narrow singletrack, and lots of urban (NYC) riding where this is perfectly suited with the control one gets from this stance, from the greenways to the streets.
i realized quite quickly on these forums there are a bunch of drop stance half/roadie elitists. sounds like you are one of them? it's great for some folks, but not for everyone or every style of riding.