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@Zippie
I have drops and hoods. I enjoy the hood-position too much to do anything else and am too used to it after racing for years (I have tried straight bars but could never get really comfortable) and you can cover the brakes, you can also sit pretty high on the hoods and also get down pretty aerodynamically whilst still covering the brakes.
The other big advantage is using the hoods whilst climbing too (again whilst covering the brakes ...).