Originally Posted by
ksryder
There's no way your personal preference based on experience could be correct vs. wild conjecture and bizarre conspiracy theories on the internet! The *only* possible explanation for why you dislike flat bars is that you've been DUPED by the EVIL RACING ORIENTED BICYCLE OVERLORDS! something something "marketing" something something "dismiss everyone who is faster than me as posers" something.
I guess I should do the /sarcasm because BF seems a place where context goes to die.
And the flip side of that would be "those drop bar riders are just too ignorant to know what they really want."
Did you ever notice that all these arguments always boil down to one or two people claiming that the way they ride is the only correct one, and then about a zillion people saying "everybody's different and that's ok"?