I'll play "devil's advocate" here...I like having aerobars on my road bike. I use them primarily as a different position to give my hands/wrists a break from time to time. I don't ride with a group (unless you consider 1 or 2 bikes a group) so the whole "etiquette" thing isn't an issue. The 2 people I ride with (my hubby and a friend) know that I drop down onto my aerobars every so often, and it doesn't bother them one bit. I should also note, that the aerobars I have on my bike are considered "shorty" type bars. They are the Profile Design Jammer GT's...they don't have long extensions like traditional aerobars do...the extensions on my bars don't go past my brake hoods, and they curve slightly inwards so the chance of someone being impaled by them in a crash, are minimal.

Linda