Originally Posted by ghettocruiser
Doesn't that make you unable to brake though? I cant reach the levers from that far back on the drops on my roadie. Kind of a dicey way to descend a hill off-road. Some people I have seen using drop bars for serious off-road use a second set of brake levers so they can ride on the bar-tops while braking. It's more of a cross thing, but fairly rare since those guys are usually trying to save weight.
Either you run curved road levers which mount on the drop so you can still get a finger tip up there, or you mount regular MTB levers on the lower straight section if you're using Dirt Drops or Mustache bars.