Originally Posted by
rodar y rodar
Interresting. While I don`t ride anything truly technical, I always head for the drops when I see something nasty comming at me. The middle of the bar, where people usually rig those interrupter levers, is the last place I want my hands when it gets a bit gnarly.
I like the small feed bag idea. Wouldn`t mind trying that on my bike-in-progress build so I can maybe get away from the big sail of a bag I use on my current bike.
Technical trail downhills are pretty tough in the drops or even on the hoods for that matter, even if your bar is level with the saddle. I'm pretty seasoned (grizzled) with decades in the saddle, and am pretty darn comfortable pushing the limits of a drop bar bike.
Here's a video I made last month of me riding my dropbar TravelersCheck UL rig on a narrow, hillside trail. Riding on Panaracer street tires.
Once the angle gets steep, a riders' position on the bike and angle relative to the ground make it inordinately difficult to swing the front end deftly from that far out ahead of the bike.
Originally Posted by
fuzz2050
Have you tried some flared drops, like the On-One Midge, or any of that ilk? I've found they are excellent at technical terrain once you have them set up right.
I've run the original Bell Lap flared drops from Salsa for years, and really like them. nothing more radical.
Heading down steep stuff, the interruptors are a very nice plus. I will figure out a front bag system, that's easy.