Originally Posted by
sniks
just defending the riser bars on drop stem side of things.
I don't loike the way it looks.
it looks like a hybrid bike with bar ends.but I guess they are comfortable, every old lady on the bike path rides them. just saying but
how is that a defense of riser bars with a drop stem?
Poeples complaint against them is that the two work is opposition to each other therefore only dip****s who care more about how a bike looks then how it rides will waste money doing it. A stem with rise raises the bars and angling up bullhorns makes them more likely to match the angle of the riders arms. It may look a bit silly but at least it doesn't reek of style over function like a drop stem and risers.