Originally Posted by
louderthangod
You're right although it's not quite the same feel but for me I don't have brakes on my fixed gears so no hoods. Plus rarely am I riding in the city where I feel like getting down in the drops. That being said one of my friends is always down in his drops, he even does all of this skidding down there which I never did even when I had them on my bike.
That's fair. For what it's worth, I ride every day, at least an hour a day, and I use my drops maybe once in a week. They're hardly my "go-to" position but when I do need them, I'd seriously miss them when they weren't there (ie headwinds or bombing down a hill really fast). I think for riding in traffic something more upright makes the most sense if only for the better view of your surroundings it provides.