Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
You said: "it can take a significant amount of effort to steer and the extra leverage from being in the drops is completely necessary."
I asked: :what about the guy using the flats?"
I then linked a video showing that some go to the hoods, not the drops, for extra leverage.
I get it. You ignored the post I replied to and apparently can't understand that comparing the flat bar on a mountain bike to riding the drops on a gravel bike is nonsensical ("
if drops are so important, explain how the guy you were following did it with flat bars?")
A valid comparison is the difference between the flats, the hoods and the drops on the gravel bike. That's why I replied with "it depends" when the other guy posted "
It takes a minuscule amount of effort to steer a bicycle. Any extra leverage, even if it existed, would be completely unnecessary.."