>>1832349>Grip position of drop bars is more ergonomicMore ergonomic than what? You can get many alt bars that enable identical grip positions as drop bars. Or you can get a regular flat bar and put bar ends on it, possibly even inside the grips for again, identical grip position and width as drop bars.
The only specialty that drop bars offer is the drop. They are probably useful if you are competing and every second matters, or if some organization forces you to use them, or if are some special snowflake that actually enjoys them and uses them for more than 10% of the riding time.
And I agree they look very pleasing: I may sound very critical, but I am planning on putting them on a 90s mtb at some point.
The fixie guys got over the drop bar phase a while ago, so did touring people. Normies will also get over it soon. Professionals and wannabe pros will have to use them for probably the rest of their lives. Triathlonists binned them decades ago.
