Originally Posted by
deadforkinglast
I cannot understand the appeal of track drops on the street. Most track racers don't even use track drops (except for sprinters).
Yes and no. Track drops are singularly impractical for city street riding. On the track, however, practically everyone I ride with has track drops. Perhaps not the super-deep drops you tried, but they are all track-specific bars. (Deda Pista is the most common by a mile, followed by the Nitto bars.)
Track-specific bars are generally many times stiffer than road bars and come in much narrower widths than road bars