Originally Posted by
Chombi1
What's the point of having a dropped bar if it is raised that high up??
Otherwi, that bike looks really nice.....
I think it makes total sense. You can still get fairly aero with drop bars at or slightly above saddle height. Conventional logic is to set the hoods as low as you can tolerate and effectively delete the drop position for much use. High drop bars gives you cruisey positions on top and then a reasonable drops position to spend more time in. Even on that riv there's still bar-drop to the drops.
The drops are also where you have the most control for descending or technical riding, but most road fits just aren't comfortable or heads up enough to be there for it.