Originally Posted by
chrisx
Few people want to ride drop bars through the places where 27.5 x 3 inch tires excel.
Make a guess, they ordered to many drop frames, and sold to few.
Flats a safer than drops in the rock gardens and rutted roads. Drop bars are made for speed.
Plus the short TT with drop bars puts your weight forward, making downhills sketchy (especially without suspension). But if you're not doing much downhill you could put a long stem + flat bars on the short TT bike.