Re: Drop bar replacements?

"Peter Clinch" <p.j.clinch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> DavidR wrote:
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>> First, an anecdote.
>
> And even if not the case, a sample base of 1 isn't much use.

Well yes, but don't say I didn't give prior warning...

> The basic problem with a crouched forward riding position is it palces
> weight on the arms and hands that neither have evolved to take.

We are not that far removed from walking on four legs. While the hind legs
provide the greater motive power, the forelegs bear the greater weight. If
we are continuing to apply the loads on the arms there must be good and bad
ways.

>> Looking at the front cover of the CTC's last Cycle mag they show
>> two riders on the hoods and my immediate thought was that they have
>> a very bandy arm appearance. Have they overdone the width?
>
> "A very bandy arm appearance" isn't exactly an objective measure of
> problems. On the hoods of drop bars is generally narrower than most
> other handlebars, but people manage on those.

Perhaps "bow" would be a better adjective than "bandy". The bit you snipped
had a question mark. I was asking not telling.

> Some people use tracker balls because they don't get on with mice. That
> doesn't make mice fundamentally broken.

I think this could be more of a recumbent/upright analogy.

My wife doesn't like the mouse on our computer and we could try a different
style of mouse rather than going direct to a trackball. The thing is, she
can articulate why she doesn't like it - which is rather different than the
cries of "drop bars must be good because lots of cyclists like them".




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