I got a gravel bike last year, mainly for commuting on mixed surfaces. I haven't had a drop bar bike since I was a kid in the 80s -- turns out to be a lot more fun than I was expecting! I did put on wide Ritchey bars (similar width to these PNWs) and it made the bike more comfortable for me. I think that this is mainly down to the fact that the vast majority of hours I've spent on a bike over the past decade has been on a mountain bike, so the wider bars just feel like a more natural position for me. There's definitely some drag pedaling into a head wind, but otherwise I'm a big fan of the big bars.
June 8, 2022, 3:06 p.m. - araz
I got a gravel bike last year, mainly for commuting on mixed surfaces. I haven't had a drop bar bike since I was a kid in the 80s -- turns out to be a lot more fun than I was expecting! I did put on wide Ritchey bars (similar width to these PNWs) and it made the bike more comfortable for me. I think that this is mainly down to the fact that the vast majority of hours I've spent on a bike over the past decade has been on a mountain bike, so the wider bars just feel like a more natural position for me. There's definitely some drag pedaling into a head wind, but otherwise I'm a big fan of the big bars.