Question for people with dropbar mtbs

[PurpleFrog]

Can you pump running dropbars? My guess was that pumping works ok when you're using flared drops alla Phelan

..But that it doesn't really work with flareless road drops - the motion seems wrong with that wrist angle. And that that you'd need drops set up high, so that you're always riding in the drop. Because road-style, the in-drop position would be too low to pump, and pumping the hoods would be painful. But then I remembered Tomac:

..Maybe pumping wasn't a big thing on the type of courses they were racing back then?

 

[legrandefromage]

I pumped with my pimped drop-bar MTBs

 

[Neil]

Pumping is a euphemism, right?

 

[PurpleFrog]

I pumped with my pimped drop-bar MTBs

When you pumped with your pimped pumper, what sort of drops did you use? Roadie, or flared? Did you pump from in the drops and or the hoods or both, and how comfortable was it? (If that's not too personal.)

 

[PurpleFrog]

Pumping is a euphemism, right?

You've never pumped bottoms on your bike???

 

[legrandefromage]

Pumping on the pimped pumper pedaling pedantically whilst postulating payment of pain in the post pump power down

it was standard road drops, slightly flared, on the hoods, middles and drops

 

[PurpleFrog]

it was standard road drops, slightly flared, on the hoods, middles and drops

So you pumped everywhere??? Gott in himmel!

This guy pumps on a drop bar for 20 minutes, no pedalling (it's speeded up): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJcw-WaVxp0

 

[mattr]

Crossers pump without a huge amount of difficulty.
And they mostly don't use flared bars.

 

[xxnick1975]

Re:

??? I need to start drinking again!