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I'm using road drops at the moment. I do like them - very comfortable.
But i miss my nitto track bars. I used to ride with them mainly with my hands on the curvy part. Not uncomfortable, and also a good position for both cruising and sprinting. Also, when attacking hills, the horizontal drop-part makes it feel really easy to pull up. Unlike these
Another problem with hoods are, when riding in dense traffic, you can sometimes accidently touch vehicles, and the first thing that would get squashed are your fingers imo.