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  • in case you weren't aware a true lo pro has a 650c front wheel

    Thought it was to put your hands where they would be on a normal bike in the drops in the same position as they would be on the lo pro were you to use bullhorns?
    Age old controversy that I'm sure tester will rectify in a jiffy.

  • Thought it was to put your hands where they would be on a normal bike in the drops in the same position as they would be on the lo pro were you to use bullhorns?
    Age old controversy that I'm sure tester will rectify in a jiffy.

    You're right and @mdcc_tester has explained this numerous of times before.

    To illustrate, here is a (close enough) lo pro with a 700c front wheel and horizontal toptube:

    Though I do still have a question @mdcc_tester might be able to answer.

    @HCC said:

    Thought it was to put your hands where they would be on a normal bike in the drops in the same position as they would be on the lo pro were you to use bullhorns?

    What is considered a "normal" bike/geometry? When does a normal bike become a lo pro? Is a squared frame "normal" geometry? As in the seattube and toptube are the same length.

  • What is considered a "normal" bike/geometry?

    One that fits the rider. If people were normal, that would resolve to 56cm square with an 11cm stem, but people come in different proportions and with different ranges of motion in their joints. @HHC really meant a pursuit or TT bike with drop bars when he said "normal", because drop bars were normal on pursuit and TT bikes before Lo Pros were invented.

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