u/FalseStructure

Am a casual cyclist, most my time is spent researching and tinkering, when riding I usually do it for scenery.
Some years ago I had a marin muirwoods 2021. That was a *** aggressive steel "city" bike. Most relaxed (all spacers) position on it was having the bar like 10 cm lower than saddle, and it was hella long. It was a miserable thing to ride "chill". But pushing hard, it was great. Chill - wrist pain, general suffering; pushing - hands floating, best thing ever. Pedaling gives reaction torque that unloads your hands.
Question to audience: why does nobody talk about this? Race bike works then you are pushing, park ride is miserable, chill bike works for the park ride, racing would be miserable (you'll have to pull on the bars, not the only reason for "miserable", but still). Thoughts?