aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
Examples of 'drop handlebars' in a sentence
drop handlebars
I cycle with a group of female friends who own carbon fibre bikes with drop handlebars and crossbars.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Trouble is, many prospective buyers are put off by a road bike's defining characteristic, its drop handlebars.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's not that we slow and stately cyclists despise the poor, hurried unfortunates hunched joylessly over their drop handlebars exactly, more that we pity them.