Originally Posted by
mynameistaken
- i am curious as to where those pics were taken and what type of race it was. Maybe it was a super technical crit where the wide bars would have been an advantage.
You've never raced a crit have you? You want to be in the drops 95% of the time in a crit. In the drops allows you to corner better with a lower center of gravity. No way there's an advantage to riding those bikes with that setup in a crit.
Originally Posted by
mynameistaken
The comment you chose to highlight was in response to the post to the effect that at least your not a sheep.
- Yes the OP was being a little defensive due to all of the negative posts
Not hanging out in the road forum, I think the whole thread went right over your head. The OP was purposefully trolling. There are recurrent pictures of flat bar bikes with high end racing frames and wheels that get ridiculed. He was stirring the pot on a slow day.
Originally Posted by
mynameistaken
- Are you honestly taking the position that it makes sense to take a $3000 carbon frame, put Zipp 404's on it, then put flat bars on it, for the specific purpose of racing said bike? - For a typical professional road race, no.
Given that you agree with the point I was making, I don't see why you continue to take issue.