Originally Posted by
Morelock
Obree did some work on this when he fancied the Merckx hour record (eventually he decided this position was unsustainable for an hour)
Honestly, it's tough to think you could come up with a lot more slippery position in drops, but the practicality of it (If I'm remembering correctly it required a custom bike with a long TT, very short drops - and obviously as soon as you sat up closer to a normal track position it would probably look terrible) probably makes up a large part of why it is an odd sight.
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carleton Narrow is (still) aero
Yup.
I see sprinters now going for "long and moderately high" instead of "as low as possible" with their fits. Even fast Masters. That may be testing faster. I think this is also driving the need for longer top tubes. Notice how Felt only had a max 57cm TK1 for years...now they offer the 3cm longer 60cm.