Originally Posted by
DeadGrandpa
Perhaps, but it doesn't matter. I had already decided that my almost constant hand position on the hoods of the drop handlebars were causing my right hand to go numb, so I was looking for an excuse to convert from drop to trekking bars.
Your hands would not be on the hoods with the Gator, they'd be in the drops. There would be no hoods since you would be using MTB levers and triggers. One attraction of such a setup is that you could use hydraulic MTB brakes.