Originally Posted by
electrik
I wouldn't bother with drop bars unless the commute is long. Flat bars are much better to balance upon and steer with.
If you're comparing road drop bars to flats, yes. Dirt drops, like Bell Laps, not really - it's partly a matter of taste of course. Honestly, if drop bars were difficult to balance on in poor traction, cyclocross racing - 35mm tyres in deep mud - would be impossible.
Jacquie Phelan's bike O t t o was possibly the winningest mountain bike in MTB history, btw. See the bars?
