Quote Originally Posted by Sky King View Post
Yes, with a swept back you give up a few hand positions. Have you ever seen any of the you tube video's by 3 Wheel Dave - look for 3 wheel journey. He rode over 10,000 miles around the USA and he has swept backs on his bike. Anyhoooo, if drops are important than I would go back to a combination of stem and handlebar configurations. Although I am pretty intrigued by the way Genevieve set her bike up I typically have 2 primary positions when I ride - one on the grips and one on the flat section of my bars so I am probably not the best person to ask that. Anybody else?
I picked up an old Terry Classic flat bar road bike. I don't much like flat bars so I put swept back Sparrow bars on it. I really, really like the Sparrow bars. I am liking this bike. And it was an easy swap as the bike had mountain shifters and brakes which fit the Sparrow bar. It also shortened the reach a bit, which is good for me. I've only ridden it in on 12 mile shot. I am having seat post problems, the clamp for the seat won't stay put so the seat won't stay level. I am going to take a hack saw to the ridges in the clamp and see if I can get some more life out of the post before I buy a new one.

Anyway, thanks for the tips on the bars.