Originally Posted by
badger1
I agree all around. It is nice to see that the OP didn't make the horrendous "newbie" error of purchasing a bicycle with flat-bars (for example, one of those "ubiquitous flat bar road hybrids"). As we all know, such bicycles are for "newbies", children, and others who simply don't (through no fault of their own) know any better.
Why is getting a hybrid with flat-bars a "horrendous newbie error"? I must be missing something to not understand the validity of that statement, especially since I just purchased a Roam 0, and am very happy with the purchase.