Yes, with a swept back you give up a few hand positions. Have you ever seen any of the you tube video's by 3 Wheel Dave - look for 3 wheel journey. He rode over 10,000 miles around the USA and he has swept backs on his bike. Anyhoooo, if drops are important than I would go back to a combination of stem and handlebar configurations. Although I am pretty intrigued by the way Genevieve set her bike up I typically have 2 primary positions when I ride - one on the grips and one on the flat section of my bars so I am probably not the best person to ask that. Anybody else?

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A couple more questions, if you don't mind, Sky King. These swept back bars look interesting. I ride drop bars and on my hybrid had the bars cut off to be shorter as I am a very narrow shouldered person. Do people feel these swept back bars are too wide? Is there much variability in widths available?

Also, how do people like the hand position for long rides? It looks like you pretty much have to keep your hands in one place except for the mustache bars, which won't work to reduce reach anyway as they are way too far forward.

Any thoughts you have are appreciated and I hope this isn't too much of a thread hijack.