>>2000038>>2000040>>2000041>>2000052>>2000063There is some actual middle ground here. I've heard many riders, especially the older or previously injured crowd explain that for them, having the bars somewhat above saddle height makes a world of a difference.
Now I'm young, extremely flexible in this regard and on all but one of my bikes the bars are way below saddle height. on that one bar it's slammed but since it's a hybrid / city bike with a useless suspension fork or whatever it won't go very low.
But that shouldn't mean its invalid for everyone else to have the bars up high.
There's a thing I tend to observe: You can not make a bike really do something it wasn't originally designed to do. You will not 'sit upright' on a sprint or criterium bike and you will not be low and aero on an opafiets. No matter what you change. If you manage you can be sure to ruin the qualities of the bike on the way. So dont get a hybrid that puts your back at an angle if you want to really sit up straight.
There is an intuitive tradeoff in this. Lower bars put more pressure on your chest, shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands and less on your ass. Some people complain about either being the source of discomfort, changing weight distribution can help this.
With back angle you also change 'where' you sit on your 'ass'. Don't be surprised if your masculinity stops greeting you one morning if you keep riding lo pro bikes all day every day.
That is why saddle shapes are drastically different. And I can really see how anon here wanting to uprightmax but never having ridden for more than a few minutes will find out about weight on the saddle. That being said: If Anon here plans to never actually ride it outside of town (would be sad) or for extended periods, why not ?
