Serendipity...my dh, on our ride on Sunday, said he wanted some of "those bars that stick out in the center". I said, "no you don't. You don't want to ride in that position for very long, and your handling is squirrelly when your hands are that close to the center."

So now here's a whole thread about why he shouldn't get them!

I've never raced, but I often rode with my forearms on the flat tops of my 10 speeds when I was a teenager. I never did it for long, because you really can't steer from there, or brake for that matter. But I understand why you would want to try that position once in a while on a long ride. I haven't tried it on my current bike, but my son does it to open bottles sometimes when we're just tooling along. I try to discourage it.

Karen