Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
Well, straight bar tops are terrible, really. They make your elbows pop out, and force a bend into your wrist. Rotating the wrist brings the elbows in, keeping the wrists straight, so the load is better distributed across the shoulders.
Huh? thats the first time I've ever heard the tops referred to as terrible. The tops are not a death grip position, its a relaxed position, just don't wrap your thumbs around the bottom and the elbows don't flair, there's barely any weight on them anyways
Originally Posted by
TiHabanero
Looking at the pics of the Wave bars it seems to me that when riding on the tops the hands will slide down towards the hoods. Not a good idea from where I sit.
Exactly