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having both hoods and crosstops for cyclocorss is pretty common. ive just set mine up like this on wide midge bars and its really very good. on the rough surfaces with obsticals its very handy having constant access to the brakes at all times, but i cant see this being all that useful on the road bike. on the road bike with only hoods its not really an issue reaching for the brakes fast with on tops, you do it all the time to change gear.
theres somthing i find really appealing about that look roadbike!
that shiny pinerello, is lovely, i have an old condor frame id like to get done in a shiny shiny shiny job liek that.
im sure the brooklyn/element bike is ace to ride and great for tricks, but it just looks like a MTB conversion to me, so i really dont did the aesthetics at all. is there anything about it which has any relation to element? it doesnt seem to have any of the brands style/design whatsoever.