How about drop bars in the city ?

Drops... With a crosstop lever... Although I don't often use the drops, I like having the options of hand position around the curves of the tops. I tend to ride with my hands over the front of the curve...

I don't see having my hands that small distance from the brake a problem. My hands instinctively go to the top brake now - even on my road bike. Which is annoying.

Drops... With a crosstop lever too. I'm too old to attempt fashion and noone looks fashionable under a cement truck.

Funny this discussion comes up, I'm planning to go and buy some risers today and see how I get on with them.

lpg 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.

couldn't agree more.

My riding style has been slowly changing, started out on the hoods and have slowly drifted downwards. Now I mainly use the horizontal part at the bottom of the drops and only move my hands up when in traffic or near lemming pedestrians.

I'm considering ditching the hoods for one bmx lever as I only really use them when I might need to brake in a hurry.

i used to ride with risers because i thought they were "cool"
but now i have some nitto drops and they are really good:)

i've got a flat bar and two types of risers. flat bars are good, but i had to play around with seating position and stem length to stop sometimes pinching a nerve in my left hand. have no issue with risers, perfect for traffic.

You're going to hate me for this because they're so ugly, but I've got a silver set of these on my MTB at the mo'.
They're actually quite comfortable if you tilt them down at the front about 25-30degrees. It's like riding with two flat bars and bar ends.
Probably too wide for riding in traffic a lot, but you get awesome leverage for on the hills...

Man, they are ugly...

But if you like 'em, good on ya!

AlexB SS would make more sense than fixed if the traffic was really bad (there are just some times when being able to back pedal makes a lot of sense).

why would being able to back pedal be useful? just curious. to me it seems being able to coast down hill is the biggest advantage to a single speed. but i have't ridden a single speed since my bmx, so i don't really know what i'm talking about i guess...
seeing as this has nothing to do with drop bars, i'll just add i ride straight bars, and wish i had risers so i didn't have to raise my stem so much for a more upright position. i have drops on my nagasawa and my peloton back home, but i spend most of my time on the tops still anyways... aesthetically speeking i gotta say that drops win every time on a track bike though... but who builds a bike just cuz it's aesthetically pleasing?

drops + no bar ends + trying to skid = stabbed thighs

ChrisNW You're going to hate me for this because they're so ugly, but I've got a silver set of these on my MTB at the mo'.
They're actually quite comfortable if you tilt them down at the front about 25-30degrees. It's like riding with two flat bars and bar ends.
Probably too wide for riding in traffic a lot, but you get awesome leverage for on the hills...

They ate ugly, look kind of like the type of thing you would put on a touring bike where asthetics goes out of the window and it is all about particality and comfort. Don't get me wrong if it works well for you cool.

i saw somebody with a set of those hideous on-one bars mary mungo or something (i wonder if they licenced the cartoon characters image and names? probably not) they were so wide as to be next to useless in traffic, i thought they were an odd choice for commuting.

nitto noodle bars are lovely to ride...

i prefer drops meself, when you've got as much surface area as i have it's good to be able to tuck down into a head wind

Currently have this dilemma - NJS style drops w. BMX brake = beautiful, clean lines. Drops w. hoods & dummy on left = less aesthetically pleasing but, damn, I use those hoods a lot.

Haven't tried risers. They're for the type of fixed rider who favours Bike Polo over Catford Hill Climb ;o)

Mouse
Haven't tried risers. They're for the type of fixed rider who favours Bike Polo over Catford Hill Climb ;o)

yeah, i think there are bars for occcassions. i roll with cut down risers round town and they got me out to the catford hill climb okay. but last friday had the day off to put in a big ride and changed stem and bars to some chopped and flopped road bars - needed the extra hand positions and the horns for climbing.

risers round town work a treat tho. the widest thing i have to fit thru gaps in the traffic is my ass

geez, hippo would need the full width downhill risers :p

Mouse Currently have this dilemma - NJS style drops w. BMX brake = beautiful, clean lines. Drops w. hoods & dummy on left = less aesthetically pleasing but, damn, I use those hoods a lot.

Hoods look cool, Mouse. I'm going for hoods on my condor build. For me, i can't scarifice the riding postion, but also they say something to me about the cyclist. something good. something real

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 ...).

Depends on the setup right? Putting hoods on my shiny nitto track bars would look wrong, but roadie style drops taped up looks fine.

Yes - also you could tape your track bars, I taped mine when I used to trackrace - better grip when you sweat. But as we all know it is a question of taste and also aim. If the aim is practicality .. then one thing .. if it is to look good then maybe something else. Usually there is a compromise possible that successfully accommodates both ...

MrSmith lpg if you miss the horizontal bit of your nittos you need traditional drops not those anatomical things. i use deda ones (available in shallow italian and belgian deep drop style)

A man of taste! Those new Deda Newton bars and stem are really great considering price/weight/looking - plus they make them in silver too, good to match steel frames!

i have the shallow Italian ones, really nice triple butted bars. i wanted the gunmetal grey ones to match my goldtec hubs and cd open pros but condor didn't have them in stock.

And you can get Deda 215 bars in shallow drop if you're on a tighter budget (or Pro LT in oversize for about the same price).

I like my bars shallow, to match my personality :S