Drops in crits absolutely. Hoods are fine for road races, especially the slower part. I do drops in road races when it gets fast and tight and for descending and cornering of course.
BUT - as far as hooking handlebars goes.... it is possible. I've never hooked them in a race, but I have done so doing bumping drills. It really depends on the size of the riders. I'm small and its not really all that hard for a larger riders drops to slide just under my tops without our bodies making too much contact to keeping it from happening. In this scenario I'm not sure that being in the drops is really any protection though.
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02-22-2009, 12:18 PM #22
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