I agree with Emily, bars are as personal as saddle. I tried the 40 cm salsa pocos, and as Emily noted they have a nice flat part on top, I HATED the ergo bend. Its one of those things, if the bend matches your hand shape I bet its great, but if not its NOT. Before those I had the 38 cm terry t-bar, and found it too narrow, and too shallow, but liked the round rather than curvy bends. My current bar is the 41 cm nitto noodle which is just perfect. Flat on top, shallow ramp, and nice big and round drops. BUT, I have large hands (womens glove size L). I like the noodle cuz I can have the drops parallel to the ground withoug having too big a drop between the tops and hoods. Also be aware that diff bars have differnt reaches, from ~7-9 cm, so bar choice can effect stem length. I like my bars slightly wider than my shoulders to open my rib cage for breathing and improved control.