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Suspicious there is a bit of Ultrarom-instacrust cool aid at work, but will happily eat my narrow bars if people still using them in 2 years time.
You might just be right. I can't see a single benefit to these.
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I do think "Gravel drops" really come down to personal preference way more than any other handlebar. Whats works for one person... I have tried loads of them and Woodchippers were brilliant on Fargo with drops at same height as saddle, but prefer Cowchippers as the 24 deg flare, shorter reach and drop work really well for me on a gravel bike.
I guess one advantage of wider bars is more space for bigger front luggage (if you need it)
velosaurus
New Cutthroat looks great. Its a bike designed for a 2600 mile route. 70% gravel 20% road 10% singletrack. For that I reckon it would be perfect.. I would take drops for 5 days riding gravel into a headwind with 2 hours of nadgery singletrack. Go to Victor ID, by JayP's place and every other bike is a Fargo/Cutthroat due to miles of varying grades of teh grav grav. My Fargo was great with a slacker HA cranking out the miles. It was just a bit heavy, which i think is where the Cutty wins. Only spec I havent seen on this version is whether its a threaded bb, like the other new version carbon Salsas. Anyway I'd love one.
Integrated luggaged is a long time coming. Niner have already done it with the Sir9. I really think Alpkit missed a trick with the latest versions of their frames.
I dont see the benefit of superwide drops. I switched from 46cm cowchippers back to 44cm as they felt more comfortable over longer distance, including a good mix of singletrack. Good flare seems better. Suspicious there is a bit of Ultrarom-instacrust cool aid at work, but will happily eat my narrow bars if people still using them in 2 years time.