New bike: Are drop bars more dangerous (especially in TW)?

Well do note that this is a bit of a gravedig - the last previous post was around two and a half years ago. This thread just popped up in another search I was doing (kind of weird/neat to see Forumosa appear on the first page of a Google-wide search that had nothing to do with Taiwan - I assume Google’s cookies and identification of me was a factor in that), and it looked like a few years back Hobbes was facing a decision similar to the one I’m dealing with now. I’m curious what he decided and how he feels about the decision now.

Was still half asleep when I posted an hour ago. No wonder I saw some posters that I’ve never ever seen post in the cycling sub forum.

Oh wow, what a case of the Mondays.