Originally Posted by
Miele Man
I imagine that this is true. It's interesting though that some bicycle shops do not want to mix dropbar and straightbar bikes on a group ride. I wonder why that is t hen? Perhaps it's more related to the sustained speed they want to maintain? I don't know.
Cheers
The thing is that drop bars are not any faster than flat bars. Majority of people who use drop bars have their hands on the hoods which is very similar to having your hands on the flat bars. There is no aero differences between the two. You only gain some aero advantage when riding in the drops, and that is very rare because majority of these " fake pros " don't even have enough mobility to ride in the drops.