Originally Posted by hyperRevue
Haha, you're speaking in such absolutes that I don't believe exist.
Is it impossible that being in the drops makes climbing hills easier for me? Because you can throw all the theoretical assumptions out there, but none of them negate the fact that when I'm riding, I get more power from my legs when in the drops, and that helps me power through hills.
Comfort is a personal thing and you trying to classify what is "good" and "bad" as far as comfort is concerned is completely asinine.
Do you climb in the drops on bikes that have hoods? Are y'all just a wierd group of freaks with physiology completely different from the rest of the cycling world where being more upright/forward is the most efficenct way to climb.
Yes comfort is a personal thing I just find it much emore plausible that the use of track drops is a style issue that people have convinced themselves is comfortable rather then a case where a specific group of people who are in general more concerened about classic style then the average cyclist all have the same phsyiological abnomalities that make them more comfortable/efficient riding on outdated equipment then the rest of the cycling world.