Personally I would not replace drop bars with the Jones bar. However, on a bike that comes with a straight, flat bar I would replace it with a Jones bar in a nanosecond! I've done that on a flat bar hybrid and I have ridden with them for 8 years. They are great! To me they provide the hand position advantages of a drop bar on a flat bar bike without the expense of having to change out all the controls that a change to a drop bar would entail.