wim said:
The current fashion is to have a fairly large saddle-to-handlebar drop, but have a handlebar with a shallow ("compact") "drop", meaning the distance from the tops to the drops.
Given the proliferation of so-called Sport Bikes - I.E. relaxed geometry, etc.. one could argue that the current fashion is to have no saddle to handlebar drop, with the h-bar level with the seat.
Certainly full out racing versions have whatever drop the rider requires, but pretty much every manufacturer of production road bikes makes versions designed for folks not racing, with a more comfortable saddle & bar set up. Seems like Grant Peterson's idea's have been listened to.
Steve B.
