Bullhorns

hippy [quote]dicki i am not a big fan of drops it must be said, and definately drops without hoods are a real pain to ride, drops have 2 positions that are comfortable in my opinion with bull horns you have way more options
most fashionmongers / fakengers have unwrapped chrome drops with no brake thus a lack of positions

Yeah, I'm on drops without brake hoods now and it takes some getting used to.
The brake hoods act to stop your hands sliding around the curve of the drop, so when they are gone it gets awkward.
Curvy track drops makes this 'falling forward' feeling worse.[/quote]

I find I end up gripping the bars near where the hood would be and having the curve run down in between my index and middle finger. I find the weight on my hands gives enough friction to stop me slipping. Cotton bar tape though which I do find has more grip than the cork stuff on the road bike.