That’s me. Tops are comfortable for very relaxed cruising, or, for moderately steep climbing (with elbows dropped), but the rest of the time, they are not comfortable (to close in reach) and as you mention, to the lack of brakes and shiftersis a pretty big deal.
Now if I have a bike with Shimano Di2 and those inline hydraulic brake levers they said they had, maybe I’d feel different.
But at the moment, hoods for regular cruising, drops for descending or rough road surfaces.
June 8, 2022, 7:32 p.m. - Tjaard Breeuwer
That’s me. Tops are comfortable for very relaxed cruising, or, for moderately steep climbing (with elbows dropped), but the rest of the time, they are not comfortable (to close in reach) and as you mention, to the lack of brakes and shiftersis a pretty big deal. Now if I have a bike with Shimano Di2 and those inline hydraulic brake levers they said they had, maybe I’d feel different. But at the moment, hoods for regular cruising, drops for descending or rough road surfaces.