Originally Posted by
sjanzeir
Flat bars are better for the comfort of the crown jewels and the warrior king. They tend to be a little more likely to get crushed with drop bars. So there's that.
I used to think that until I got drop bar bike frames that weren't too big for me and got narrower saddles. Hard to explain, but basically, a bad experience with a poorly fitting drop bar bike scared me off drop bars for almost 30 years. Now they're pretty much all I ride after getting one about 2 1/2 years ago. My hands and shoulders are much happier with the drop bars on the very long rides.
I did ride my FX 3 on a 2-day round trip from Nashua to Amherst MA last year to visit my son on campus (just over 200 miles and almost 9000 feet of climb) and that was fun, but my son liked my bike so much I gave it to him..