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I was talking to Scherrit from the Bike Whisperer regarding drop bar, he says that the majority of time we spend on the bar is on the hood as it's the most comfortable position, but the drop are useful when you're says, descending, and it's usually comfortable for at least 15 minutes or so (since that how long a descend usually last).
he strongly recommend me to get those shallow drop bar as riding on the drop will be far more comfortable on an everyday bike, especially when you don't really need the deep drop of those proper drop bar, unless you're seriously thinking of racing.
They're really comfortable, I can actually stay on the drop for half an hour easily without feeling like I'm hurting my neck.
they may look shit, but they're design like that for comfort rather than satisfied the aesthetic need of the hippity hoppity brigade of clerkenwell road.