Originally Posted by
Cute Boy Horse
8000 miles hunched over on bike with handlebars that make your nose touch the front wheel is pretty athletic to me.
You must have forgotten to include the "LOL" and the smiley face. This could not be a serious sentence. I'm chuckling. I'm also with
jimmuller here: really like all my drop bars due to the versatility and I log a few miles per year too. I spend a fair amount of those miles actually in the drops - very comfortable. However I'm much, much, much younger than he is
As a part time LBS wrench I do get to test ride all sorts of bar types. I get a lot of comparisons to think about. Obsolete classic narrow drop bars work very well for me. BUT we're all different. OP must do what works for for him for, only, that reason.