Originally Posted by
rm -rf
With regular riding, for example -- three rides a week, 6 hours or more a week, you should be adapting by now, after three months.
With saddle and bars working better, I now ride with a natural bend in my elbow. I used to ride with locked out, stiff elbows too often.
I have the bars set fairly high. Both the hoods and the drops are comfortable now. I probably ride 5% tops, 55% hoods, 40% drops.
Riding in the drops is very nice:
It's a little more aero, of course.
Better control on descents.
Much easier on my hands on rough pavement -- the force is spread out more. And I can soak up the bumps better too.
A different load on my butt and shoulders, the variation during the ride is helpful.
I too opt for about the same ratio of tops, hoods to drops. A good combo.
But...and you likely know this...drops are not the most aero position for a better rider....hoods are with torso well leaned over. In the drops the forearms catch more air than folded arms at the elbows when on the hoods. Torso position rules in aerodynamics. I am quite sure you know this because there isn't much I have of yours where you have been wrong...ever.