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The mainstream drop bar mountain bike is officially here (road.cc)
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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

It may not be the first

Correct.
Am riding drop-bar touring mountain bikes for almost 15 years now and not looking back.
(Salsa Fargo, steel version, have currently two active at home - one for good weather, one for bad conditions).

[–] IlIlIlIlIlI@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

https://theradavist.com/mike-varleys-dropping-in-article-from-1991

[–] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

I think drop bars on MTBs can be a cool idea, at some point I thought about doing a conversion before getting my first mtb, but 'm not sure I'd like that specific aero-y drop bar in the picture