On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:15:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jul 27, 6:36 am, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:

I believe that stem height has gone down in the last decade so that
riding on the hoods now is almost like riding in the drops was before.
In particular, Indurain used to climb in the drops! Also, if you look
at riders in the 70's they did all their racing in the drops, some of
them with their forearms parallel to the ground, elbows bent at 90
degrees. Sean Kelly rode this way and when he was on the handlebar
tops near the stem he was almost sitting up straight.

-ilan

Good analysis. Thanks.


Ditto

JT