As I was reading the other excellent thread about placement of levers, I began to wonder: how many of you fine folks ride the drops (if you have drop bars), and how often do you do so. As I thought back to my past 35 years of riding "10-speeds", I have to say I rarely find the need or the desire to ride low down - not to say it doesn't happen, but I'm talking normal everyday riding.

I find myself about 70% on the hoods, 25% on the top flat portion, and maybe 5% on the flats. Now I'm old so its more uncomfortable for me to ride the drops these days, but I recall that over the years, unless I was really honking along in a high gear, or trying to get the most out of a long smooth downhill, I never used the drops.

What about you folks?

Mark