Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Do you ride in (on?) the tops, in traffic? My commuter bike has cross brakes, but my new road bike doesn't ... and I don't use the tops in some situations because of this.
I don't really ride on the tops much at all personally. Moving from hoods to tops doesn't give me any significant advantage in terms of visibility and I prefer to have my hands out wider anyway.
You can add cross brakes to your road bike if you want them.