Originally Posted by
rms13
Not insinuating anything about you personally but where I live I sure do see a lot of hipsters with track drops on their bikes that spend more time walking and pushing the bike around then riding it. But road drops with brakes levers/hoods is a great set up even if you are are running brakeless. It just gives you more hand positions than any other bar set up can.
i guess i just find it odd when not needed (personal tastes and all that). i ride brakeless on my fixed gear with compact road drops and no hoods and find no problems but on my kestrel talon i have them because they're an integral part of it.