Are box drop handlebars any good?

[Grant]

 

[Swampthing]

I like that kind of curve, they look cool and I like the feel for steering if they are wide enough, but my neck won’t let me ride like that for long anymore.

 

[Grant]

I like that kind of curve, they look cool and I like the feel for steering if they are wide enough, but my neck won’t let me ride like that for long anymore.

I pretty much only ride on the tops of the drop bars.

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

I pretty much only ride on the tops of the drop bars.

Sounds like you'd do better with just a set of cut-down flat bars.

 

[93EXCivic]

I pretty much only ride on the tops of the drop bars.

Why would you run drop bars if you don't use the drops?

 

[Grant]

Why would you run drop bars if you don't use the drops?

I also like to ride on the brake lever hoods.

 

[Grant]

Sounds like you'd do better with just a set of cut-down flat bars.

I do have a bike with those but I like the drop bars better because I rest my hands on the tops of the handlebars and the hoods of the brake levers.

Flat bars and risers have only one hand position and it gets uncomfortable after only a few miles.

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

As my neo-hippy dippy friend says, Fair Enough.

 

[Pauliemon]

Wow! I've been a bike mechanic for 45 years, never seen a drop that deep. Friggin knuckle draggers.

 

[GeePig]

Have you considered bullhorn bars? You get the top positions, and there is less bar to tape

 

[Grant]

Have you considered bullhorn bars? You get the top positions, and there is less bar to tape

I have. I like the homemade ones made from upturned drop bars better than the ones that you can buy.

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

Chop and Flop

 

[AndyA]

Another alternative to drop bars is trekking bars. They provide multiple hand positions without the drop. Pics are of my Lotus Excelle 12-speed. I like 'em. Have fun.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

AKA butterfly bars. I was considering those for a build, but I couldn't get past appearance. They look so orthotic

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Just saw these guys. @Grant might be fun for your trek
https://surlybikes.com/blog/the_surly_corner_bar_dropbar_mountain_bike_handlebar

 

[Grant]

Here is my commuter

Just saw these guys. @Grant might be fun for your trek
https://surlybikes.com/blog/the_surly_corner_bar_dropbar_mountain_bike_handlebarView attachment 173451

Those look really comfortable but I doubt I would use that kind of bar on my mountain bike where I ride more technical stuff.

 

[Grant]

This is my commuter bike which has the most comfortable handlebar setup I've ridden so far.

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

Those look really comfortable but I doubt I would use that kind of bar on my mountain bike where I ride more technical stuff.

Local Northern Front Range Technical Stuff, yes.

 

[Grant]

Local Northern Front Range Technical Stuff, yes.
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Exactly