I'm with you on that @Cooper Quinn. I've never enjoyed the feeling of wider drop bars. I imagine it is likely for the same reason, my main riding position is on the hoods, which feels odd on large bars. I always feel best with bars that put my wrist, elbows, and shoulders in a fairly neutrally lined-up position (ie. 42cm bars for my shoulder width).
Additionally, I take my gravel bike on some sketchy narrow singletrack trails and expect that super wide drop bars would make for even more of a tight squeeze in some places.
While I'm on a role being curmudgeonly, I also don't like flared bars
June 8, 2022, 7:36 a.m. - Chad K
I'm with you on that @Cooper Quinn. I've never enjoyed the feeling of wider drop bars. I imagine it is likely for the same reason, my main riding position is on the hoods, which feels odd on large bars. I always feel best with bars that put my wrist, elbows, and shoulders in a fairly neutrally lined-up position (ie. 42cm bars for my shoulder width). Additionally, I take my gravel bike on some sketchy narrow singletrack trails and expect that super wide drop bars would make for even more of a tight squeeze in some places. While I'm on a role being curmudgeonly, I also don't like flared bars