Originally Posted by
terrymorse
Neither of those statements is true.
Barring some physical abnormality, drops are comfortable on a properly fitted bike.
For how long? 15 minutes? Half an hour? You can only fake it up to a certain point. Humans are not birds. Our bodies are not designed to be aerodynamic. We evolved to walk and run, "upright". You can only try bending your body into a bird like shape with your neck twisted to unimaginably uncomfortable proportions and claim that "it is comfy". Hell no, it is not comfy. You just want to believe it is comfy. Any upright city bike will always be so much more comfortable than any "aero" bike. Because that bike is shaped to accommodate the human body. It is not designed to turn you into a bird.