Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
Ends up when it's an actual descent that's more than a few degrees, I hit the drops. I think it's to get speed more than for safety though.
I've noticed the same thing riding in the driftless. Some of those descents can really sneak up on you, so I just automatically hit the hooks when the road starts to drop. I would have very conciously decide to stay on the hoods and probably have to move back there after my body automatically went to the hooks. Maybe it's because I'm old and have been doing it the same way for a long time, but I wouldn't want to be up on the hoods at 45+mph going over a bumpy bridge crossing a creek at the bottom of the valley. Before reading this thread it never really occured to me that some people would actually prefer that hand position on fast descents.