Originally Posted by
Bandera
A properly sized & fitted drop bar set-up will take some adaption if you are used to bullhorns. If you are going to be doing LD riding there will be considerable adaption to the machine required w/ lots of seat-time anyway.
Ride the drops when:
Into a headwing
Taking your pull
Descending
Cornering
Sprinting
Going fast
Hard braking
Other than those use the various other positions a drop bar offers, that's what it's designed for.
-Bandera
+1 to all this. Took me a little while to get used to descending in the drops, but it's really the best place to be.