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I am conflicted with flared drops. the traditional hood placement and angle of wrist is all 'in line' for comfort over longer time (2h+).
Where as with flare there is 'another' angle that puts your wrist in almost carpal tunnel syndrome position.
amey-
personally i only ever run "road flare drops" salsa cowchipper, easton 12deg in MAX 46cm variety,
i did run woodchippers and they looked great, but as you say, the hood position is mornoic, i look like a failed peleton rider hoping tech will compensate my lack of training, it's not particularly comfortable either
it also might come as a surprise but "50cm+ massive flare drops" quirky walmer/crust/salsa, bin them all, impossible to ride? as you increase width you have to decrease your stem?? really it's an elaborate roadie ruse to get a stretched out position while looking trendy.
optimum set up?
tiny stem, 46cm slightly flared bar with a shallow drop, slightly below that of your saddle, maybe half a scoblebrick
for risers, in line with saddle , stem should be tailored to the sweep, ideally putting the bars in the same position as your hoods reach wise
and wild card is bars slightly above your saddle, absolutely no reach, put a bmx stem on and enjoy cruising around
thank you for coming to my wanker bar tedtalk
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Where as with flare there is 'another' angle that puts your wrist in almost carpal tunnel syndrome position.
recently picked up zipps gravel specific xplr drops, they keep the hoods 'in line', benefits of a narrow road bar on the top and wide on the drops for gravel
Maj
spinnnout
while having no personal research (i have never ridden more than 30k, be it road or gravel), i would suggest comfort increases with risers (and i'd assume mileage) if you can get the bars equal, or more optimally, above the saddle
this will be an issue for those in this thread with a tester headset cover