View Poll Results: What's your usual commuting posture?
Upright (always/mostly)
25
21.01%
Hunched over (always/mostly)
19
15.97%
In-between (neither very upright nor very hunched over)
57
47.90%
It keeps changing
10
8.40%
Leaned back (e.g. recumbent)
4
3.36%
Other
4
3.36%
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What's your riding posture?
03-09-14, 08:21 PM
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How about "Leaning forward", "Leaning over", "Forward lean" as alternative words for "Hunched over"? As long as you understand the posture referenced (the position in a cycling race), may I have your kindness to vote? 
I'm hunched over to bow to you for showing your kindness. 
I'm hunched over to bow to you for showing your kindness.
03-09-14, 09:27 PM
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at least 90% of the people who i see riding drops in portland have them positioned no more than a few inches below the saddle.
03-10-14, 12:14 AM
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Both my bikes are road bikes so I spend the majority of my commute hunched over the the hooks or drops and sometimes the hoods. Only rarely do I go straight without braking or shifting long enough to make sitting upright on the top an option.
03-10-14, 12:22 AM
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My commuter/weekend bike is maybe an 8 inch drop from saddle to drop but when I commute I usually ride on the hoods.
03-10-14, 09:05 AM
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maybe the real question is: where do you have your handlebars in relation to your seat? I answered "hunched over" but my bars are about the same height as my seat so maybe I am more "upright"?
03-10-14, 09:52 AM
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all handle bars on my bikes, whether flat or drop, are several inches lower than my saddle, so i choose "hunched over", but yeah, that's a bad term.
i just find that position more comfortable for my lower back.
i just find that position more comfortable for my lower back.
03-10-14, 10:28 AM
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03-12-14, 03:52 PM
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As I commute in a big city I like the view in the upright position. I can see traffic and potholes better. John
03-14-14, 10:10 AM
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I'm pretty much always on the hoods.
03-14-14, 05:53 PM
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