RollCNY

So are you saying that the only "credible opinion" is that drops are superior to flats? I ride essentially a flat bar road bike, routinely use three different hand positions, all of which turn my wrist in a different orientation and change where the pressure point is on my hand. Your description of six on drops is the highest number I have heard ascribed to them, five being more common, but the bulk of them keep your wrist in the same position, and all of them place load between thumb and forefinger.

Drops are a wonderful thing, but to each his own. I don't mean to sound snippy, but it seems that most people think flat bar riders do so out of ignorance. Which in turn seems ignorant.