Originally Posted by bikemig

You don't know what you're missing until you've tried it, Honestly I go back and forth a bit on my drop bar mtb conversion since I really liked the flat bars as well. The drop bars help with long distance over rough surfaces and the bike is an excellent commuter. I tend to use my flat bar commuter in the winter and as a lock up bike and the drop bar mtb as my "fair" weather commuter slash gravel bike wannabe. The point I was making is that the geometry tends to be a bit better for a drop bar conversion on the really old (think 1980s) vintage mtbs than the 90s vintage mtbs because the top tubes tended to get longer.