Originally Posted by
datlas
I am likely the same. Drops for descending, for sure. If motoring on flats agree on tips of hoods with forearms horizontal. Tops better for steeper climbs. In slipstream hoods with slight elbow bend is comfy.
I feel more secure doing that in the drops, but that's because I only got brifters with the 'handle' tops last fall. 7410 Dura Ace and second generation Ergopower levers don't give you enough to hold onto to really encourage riding like that.
I think a lot of newer cyclists don’t appreciate that there are easily 5 or more hand positions and always ride the hoods.
They must wonder why we bother taping the bar all the way to the middle.