Originally Posted by
Inusuit
I have two bikes with drop bars and two with flat bars. I find the drop bars give me more hand placement options even though I ride mostly on the hoods and almost never all the way down in the drops. I'm 78 so flexibility is an issue. Flat bars seem to give me fewer problems with numb hands. I don't understand why.
Hand numbness is one of the things I was worried about going to drop bars.