Originally Posted by
redlude97
I mean i pick up groceries all the time on my drop bar commuter and also bomb descents on the road and gravel while being comfortable in the drops
Great, nice looking bike. I ride some pretty damn steep descents on my FX3, and can haul groceries. I've also ridden my FX3 168 road miles in one day, and I passed a lot of riders on drop bars. He's narrowed flat bar "city bikes", which is a pretty wide category, down to one usage, and it's absurd.
I've also hauled groceries on drop bars. I've got a couple of bikes I'm comfortable doing this with, but anther that would be totally useless in that regard because it's really just built for going fast. I'm quite comfortable on both kinds of bars, but this constant nonsense that there's something wrong with people who find flat bars more comfortable, and that they can't ride them safe and fast is just elitist crap.