Originally Posted by
PedallingATX
I am trying to figure out a handlebar setup for my bike. Right now, I have some traditional road bike handlebars, but I was wondering how comfortable they would be without brake hoods. Usually, on my road bike, I keep my hands wrapped around the brake hoods. On this fixie conversion, I will not have any brakes or hoods, so would that style handlebar still be comfy or should I chop it to make a bullhorn?
Track riders have been using drop bars without brake levers for about a century now; seems to work for them.