Originally Posted by
MRT2
There are 5 positions you can use with drop bars. Tops, bends, hoods, hooks and drops. I get that you don't ride the hooks and drops, but riding on the hoods is where a lot of cyclists spend 80 or 90% of their time. It isn't as upright as the tops, not as aggressive as the drops, and most importantly, unlike flat bars, puts the wrists in a neutral position.
You are talking out onto the top of the brake levers? Yes I do on occasion, but 90% of my time is on the tops. Most of my time on any bike is on the mountain bike and out on trails. I'm sure that is where my desire to go flatbar comes from. It's my comfort zone.