Flat Bar Road Bike

Bill Sornson said:

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

Why choose between flat and drop bars (speaking of weirdness):
<http://sheldonbrown.org/thorn/images/thorn.jpg>?

He /really/ should install some bar-ends on that flat bar! Big ol' steer
horns...

And a set of clip-on aero-bars. Why skimp on available hand positions?

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Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

Bill Sornson said:

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Why choose between flat and drop bars (speaking of weirdness):
<http://sheldonbrown.org/thorn/images/thorn.jpg>?

Quoted message said:

He /really/ should install some bar-ends on that flat bar! Big ol' steer
horns...

And a set of clip-on aero-bars. Why skimp on available hand positions?

Exactly--put two dummy brake hoods on the aero-bars, why limit
yourself?

Put some foot pegs on the axles as well, and make that bike your
[censored]--why limit yourself to the pedals?

Michael Warner said:

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

Unless the bicycle has auxiliary inline brake levers, e.g.
<http://sheldonbrown.com/images/interrupter-levers.jpg>.

Cute, although I wouldn't want to brake with my hands so close to the
stem. I have my commuting bike set up with the bars higher and the hoods
closer than my racer.

They work fairly well actually, and don't require the hands to be that
close to the center. The hands go towards the outside of the tops, with
just the index and middle fingers able to reach the levers.

Having said that I think making extensive use of them would be a sign
that the handlebar should be higher or further back.