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@rusty
I have drops and don't have proper hooded brakes and I find now that with most of my rides being extended rural rides I am always slowing down and riding on the tops so that I'm in close reach of the brake when there are junctions. I don't trust drivers so I always end up changing my hand position just incase. I'm going to order some proper road levers, new tape, cables etc. when I've got the money to do so. I'd say that the ideal would be to have both. Like a cross bike but then you have to weight that up against the aesthetics. I'm probably going to end up with a front and rear brake with front and rear road levers and a cross top front lever. It won't look as cool as it could but I could always take off bits and put on another set of bars if I want.