bdhu

Those are not "bars down, hoods up"

That's fine. But this is not about culture or "we've always done that".

Bar and hood placement is like indexing. It's ok with me if you don't like shifting gears flawlessly. But just know it can be perfected.

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Please say that is your personal set-up

perfect use for drop bars

I see. I guess I look at these images and cannot see the nuances of what is being identified. Some look visually bad to me and some look fine, but I’m unable to detect the common theme, even though bdhu should explain itself. Also if folks saw/heard how my gears shift, they would kick me off the forum. I have a high tolerance for badly functioning bikes.

Funny you should mention that, as I'm not entirely sure that I want to keep it

Riding drop bars on the road, while I progressively get slower and slower is really losing its appeal

Edit - maybe I should just fit some offroad tyres to it and be a gravel bro

This makes me regret getting a Smoothie instead of this a bit....

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That's a good example, flat, level, looks neat and fast.

By bars and hoods have both crept upwards over the years to accommodate my wrecked back. I always thought chunky Shimano shifters looked terrible on my classic frames but found SRAM and campy super uncomfortable. Partly due to years of trying to ride everything "slammed" I now can't ride either of these bikes at all anyway :(

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It's wrong mate

How would youget that transition any more level? Hoods up would result in a change of angle from bars to hoods. You can either have level but with a dip at the transition, or you can have smooth transition with a slight upwards turn, both at once very difficult

Thread is lols btw a welcome distraction from work

FFS. I am already bored doing this. Just delete the thread admin. I've got to spend my time elsewhere.

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It is not supposed to be level.

You’ve made your bed, young man. Now lie in it.

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Cheers for that (black Time)! That's set my nervous twitch off again.

All I'm wondering here is why what appears to be a weightweenie ( Darimo stem ) build, has what looks to be a rather chunky brake rotor

Ooh! What bottle cages are those? Please and thank you.

They're the regular ( not side loading ) GT40

https://www.cannondale.com/en-eu/gear/equipment/bottles-and-cages/bottle-cages

Bars needs to rotate down and levers need to go up on the bars

Not enough 'bar down' I reckon haha

this is not the flat ramps club folks

Thank you, nice price too.