Originally Posted by
jon c.
I find hybrids to be somewhat tortuous. That upright position is hard on the back and the bars cause me wrist pain in short order. Drop bars are much more comfortable. Maybe that's because I grew up with them.
And I'm the other way around. The problem is that the "average rider" is a theoretical construct that doesn't exist in the real world. Our bodies probably vary in dimensions and physiology such that the positions just fit us and our riding styles differently.