Flat Bar Road Bike Drop Bars

Flat bar road bikes have often been described as road bikes without drop handlebars.

Flat bar road bike drop bars. The flat bar uses mtb style riser bars hence the term flat bar but you will find it also has a much more relaxed geometry than your typical road bike. Flat bar road bikes for greater speed albeit falling behind their drop bar counterparts at fast speeds. I had drops on my road bikes so i had to have drops on my everyday fixie because i was a drops kinda guy until now. The conversion also includes going from downtube shifters to handlebar mounted mountain bike type trigger shifters.

This is almost true. There are heaps of workarounds for getting a rohloff pinion twist shifter onto a drop bar. In some cases gear will cost up to three times more. I m using flat bars as a catch all here that includes risers.

Cons of drop bars. Such ingredients also have the effect of producing lightweight bikes which are great to ride but also excellent if you need to carry them upstairs anytime perfect for city dwellers. Flat bar road bike manufacturers can use performance designed frames and high quality road bike componentry to give you fantastic gear shifting braking and even road handling and control. I show how to convert a road bike from drop bars to flat bar handlebars.

Some are designed with a more aggressive geometry e g. The flat bar s best quality is the riding position. Parts are more expensive drop bar bike use different shifters and brakes than flat bar bikes generally drop bar brake levers and shifters cost more than flat bar components. If you want to nimbly weave through city traffic then a flat bar is a better option.

To reduce your frontal area there s an aero advantage to fitting drop bars to your bike.