>>1947969With dropbars you go faster and you have a lot of position to move your hands AND BODY around.
Flatbars are WAY MORE controllable at low speed.
>>1947971Hybrid bikes are among the best bikes in the world.
>>1948300They are called safety brakes. Consider that in the 70s every fucking road bikes in the US used to come with them. Nowadays they are inline with your brake cable. They work by pushing the housing istead of pulling the cable. I know, it's sound like science fiction, but in this universe elongating the housing is equivalent to pulling the cable.