Originally Posted by dutret
Apparently not if you still didn't use the drops. Perhaps you had the wrong stem or too small of a frame.
MTB shoes are the best tool available. It would be nice if someone made a stiff shoe with secure closure and better tread but such a shoe doesn't exist leaving us with stiff shoes with secure closures and tread meant for climbing a muddy hill.
Riser bars aren't the best tool for ****. Flat bars are slightly better for any use.
Cut off risers are even worse. They may be better then low track drops but that is a pretty low hurdle. Road drops with hoods, flats or bullhorns are a better option depending on what you need.
People put risers on bikes cause everyone else does not cause they are truly the best option.
I'm asking you a question based on what you said. I didn't say that that's how I have my bike set up. My question is asking you to describe your ideal height so that drop bars would be useful to me. I don't think you comprehend anything I'm saying.
Secondly, who the F*ck are you to tell anyone that one handlebar is better than the other? It's all personal preference. Saying that people put risers on bike cause everyone else does is just like saying that YOU ride a track bike on the street because everyone else does. My friend has been riding risers for the past 5 years, at a time when drops were the only thing you seen on the very few track bikes on the street, which is how I got put on the risers.
So why don't you explain something to me...Why are drops, flat bars, bullhorns, and everything else you mention better than riser bars?
Everyone please pay attention.