Originally Posted by
Ryan_M
I know flat bars can get really wide (and for good reason as cyccommute mentions) but mine are 600mm. That's more or less how wide my shoulders are, so unless these grannies bump shoulders and jockey for position thats a hard argument lol.
as someone who's done his fair share of bumping shoulders and jockeying for position... I agree. 95% of people don't really need drops.
I will say that getting impaled by a flat bar seems like it would hurt. I know my local group ride used to have like a crash a week, so probably not a great idea to add an extra risk to that. But again... buncha grannies riding at 15mph... not likely.