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Yh, after a bit of reflection, I think I agree with you. I had ruled out drops for various reasons, mainly because when I use them on my road bike (specialised allez c.2017) i find my back starts to hurt when I'm on longer rides but I suppose a more upright position negates this? (just dont want to be in that super stretched out position for too long).
I was also thinking they reduce handleability a bit compared to flats but when i spoke to my brother (whos currently cycling through south america - attached) he said that on a fully loaded bike your never really going fast enough for that to matter. And, although hes on flats, he said there is times when hes on long straights when he would be really grateful for drops.
Then my final reservation was on getting the gearing to work, because I'll want to run something with a granny gear of circa 19/20 inches. I understand that this is more complex with drops.
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Plenty of steerer tube there for some appropriately high drop bars..! I know you're set on flats, and that's fair enough, but I wonder if it's worth exploring why drops aren't doing it for you? They'd sort the reach issue and might well be comfortable if high enough...