Originally Posted by
FrenchFit
I realize I've spent more saddle time this summer riding on my "fast" bikes, i.e. bars below saddle height and using the drops more. The result seems to be I'm focusing 20-30 feet in front of my bike, somewhat head down position. Someone drove by me and mentioned later they saw me out hammering my way across town, "head down".
This seems like a dangerous habit to get into. Is this simply an age thing? Are you finding you aren't looking around anymore but focusing directly ahead? If you are riding fully in the hoods or drops, are you really head up, looking around & in the distance?
If the truth were told stupid damn "drops" cause the rider to ride blind while straining the neck into an unnatural kink that will do harm in time.
Everybody has to be a racer boy wanna be. Bah! Humbug!
What is the point of riding at all when you don't/can't see where you're going or have been********************?
Stupid. Really stupid "drops" are..............
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Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?