Originally Posted by
Rudz
I want to speed up though and sitting upright with the flat bar isn't doing it enough. Will the drop bars help me pick up speed?
Assuming you setup the drop bars such that being on the hoods is most equivalent to where your flat bar is now, then you can gain something in speed by riding in the drops. (This isn't a position that I enjoyed personally although, somewhat surprisingly, I did like riding on aerobars).
Can you:
* lower your handlebars now (this will make you more aero)?
* install bar-ends? If you set up the positions that make you more forward, this can also make you more aero.
Given the price and pain of installing drop bars, I'd try one of these two first. And, although it's weird, you could install aerobars onto a flat bar.
Cheers,
Charles