Why would I lower my handlebars?

[nikkoblu2]

I'm so thankful for you experts who take your time to answer these questions.

During my bike fitting, the fitter told me he guessed I would probably take another spacer out of my handlebar stem before the season is out. But, he didn't explain why I would do that or how I would know if I wanted to take one out. Any thoughts on that?

In the last few rides I've really started using my drops, and I'm much more comfortable with the road bike position, whereas when I started, it made me super nervous, since I was so used to riding a hybrid with very high bars.

At the moment my handlebars are exactly level with my saddle. I've lowered the saddle since my fitting - since I'm not using clipless, I needed to be closer to the pedals.

This comment isn't totally on your topic, but so glad to hear you're happy making the transition from hybrid to road bike. I've been riding my hybrid mostly on weekends - usually 40-50 mile rides w/ some shorter rides during the week. The people at the bike shop keep telling me it's time to move on to a road bike. So, the other day I rode my step-daughters road bike over to the gas station to put air in her tires. Granted, it was way too short for me (she's about 5 inches shorter), but everything threw me. The sitting position, the gears, the idea of clipless, the brakes...just everything. For a moment, I thought maybe I'll just stick with my good old Trek 7.3 and be happy with my 14mph rides. But, hearing "happy transition stories" makes me ready to go try out some new bikes.