Don Gillies wrote:
> I think that one first has to make two choices :
> (a) Flat bar-tops
> (b) Flat bar-drops
>
> In that photo from Chuck Schmidt, this guy Eddy-something
>
> <http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/images/palmares/
> mercxk_peeters.jpg>
>
> obviously has it ALL WRONG. (Ok, what a troll ! never mind!) He
> is something like halfway between flat-tops and flat-drops - I'm a
> flat-drops guy myself. (cut)
No, I respectfully disagree; Eddy Merckx sets up his bars with the drops close to horizontal (very slight slope), not "halfway between flat-tops and flat-drops."
Here's another view: <http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Unknown/Incomparable-Eddy-Merckx- Pre-made-Frame-C11716075.jpeg>
Chuck Schmidt
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