Originally Posted by
mattm
in short, I disagree.
Thats fine. Lots of good racers race on the hoods and only go into the drops to sprint. I'm not one of them. I'm old school like CDR. The difference is that I will ride the tops of the drops to lay out and hammer when I'm on the front. Otherwise I race in the drops for the best control, and I've tuned my fit to make peak power there.