Horses for courses.

I just did 51 miles yesterday... first time on such a long ride with my drops (Nitto b125). I was on the top for most of the ride, both the flats and the corners, and really enjoyed the various positions I had available. I got in the drops during some of the climbs (I thought they were great for climbing) and for some of the more windy sections. I can't be more happy with them.

from Sheldon Brown's site:

i like riding the drops when i need to accelerate quickly or to cut through a nasty headwind but other than that i ride on the top of the bar.

Hate is a strong word. I dare say you simply lack the fitness to use them effectively. Drops are not only faster, they are more comfortable than other bars over the long haul. This is not even controversial. Someone who says they hates drops either has some sort of fit problem or needs to spend more time on the bike.

For pure speed nothing beats good drops but for city riding I like bullhorns much better. With drops my knees would sometimes hit the lowest part of my drops causing me to get really squirrelly plus for climbing out of the saddle up hills I think bullhorns provide the most leverage.

hitting your drops with knees sounds like they are too close or something.

more likely they're those weird 38 or 36 wide bars that only belong on a tiny, tiny, person.

your legs should fit between your drops, even if you have a short stem.

if that's not the case and you have 42s or something similar, your bike is waaaay small.

drops are for morons!

I just bought a new bike that has drops and I highly dislike them as well. I feel more powerful, comfortable and feel like I have better control when I'm on the bullhorns. It may be geomtry, weight, size, experience, etc contributing to me prefering bullhorns since it is a new bike.

The new bike is also a "coastie" (thanks to the other forum topic that made me lol), which I haven't ridden in a while, so that may have something to do with it. The option of gears is overwhelming.

Even for a bikeforums troll attempt, that's pretty weak.

That's right, Twitcho, show 'em how it's done!

I like flat bars cause most of you knuckleheads like drops

You have no idea how to properly fit a bicycle.

I love the drops that came on my moto messenger with hoods. Though the hoods feel a little cheap and flimsy, they offer so many hand positions.

I've very rarely actually used the drops yet. But I haven't logged too many miles. And the 48x16 is too tall for my scrawny legs to do even the smaller hills, so I do zero hill climbing.

I'd probably have to fudge with fitment a bit to comfortably ride in the drops for extended periods.

Ride 10 miles into a 40 mph headwind, or do a winding mountain descent for 15 miles at an average speed of 40 mph, and you will learn how much you can hate flat bars. I've done both.

You wear ugly clothes. I've never seen your clothes but you've never seen my bike so can we start making out now?

Maybe 1 out of 50 times I've hit my knee on my drops when pulling them out of a "balls on stem" skid. Not a major issue but not a lot of fun but still only the minor reason for why I don't prefer drops. My bike fits me fine, in fact one of them was custom built for me. Ah damn, I'm sorry I ****ed up the whole internet hyperbole thing. What I meant to say was, learn to blah blah blah with your mom's dick blah blah. Give a man a mask and he'll tell you the truth...the a man an internet connection and he'll act like a total *******.

When you see someone with great form like Francisco Moser in the drops combined with one of the smoothest spins of all time drops will make more sense. But for urban fixed gear riding bullhorns and risers will be more useful for most people.

+1 Totally agree.

To me drops are for road work, not urban riding. Although I love drops I don't particularly like them when riding in a city setting. Drops tend to make me focus more on the road and less on what's around me. I go with a chop and flop.

i dont even have bars. i just grip the stem with one hand and my frapp with the other. sure, i cant really get aero like that but i usually wear my sisters jeans so that compensates by lowering my COF.

This gets said alot but rarely is there an argument to back it up. Bullhorns are excellent, but considering drop bars with hoods have all the positions that bullhorns have with the addition of a drop position, I've never understood the argument that bullhorns are necessarily better...

I also dislike drop bars. I normally cut em and spin them around to make pseudo bull horn style bars (which i don't love either) hah. MTB bars with quality bar ends is the way to go for me.

I am partial to randonneur bars over all other types of drop bars and prefer drops over everything else.

I spend most of my day riding and like long distance riders and tourers I appreciate having the most hand positions possible as it prevents fatigue and repetitive stress injuries.

My mtb messenger bike has a flat bar on it now but I am really thinking of turning it into another fixed gear - drop bar mtb.

Rage Against The Headwind.

Someone replied that is not an aggressive drop. I agree for the most part.

But even a drop like that can be unfitting for those with short arms........generally, shorter riders. Tall riders have proportionately longer arms so they can handle larger saddle to bar drop differences.

+1