General: Comfortable handlebars?

Call me what you want but I have found that the bars off a Townie or old Schwinn Stingray are the most conferrable for me. Sure, they might look funny but I am a firm believer in function over fashion & comfort never goes out of fashion, right?

Posted By: upthemaidenAs much as I still like fixed gears and track bikes, I've noticed myself riding my road bike and flat bar hybrid more often for the sake of comfort. I've spent most of my time riding with bullhorns, followed second by track drops, and occasionally tried riser bars, which are comfortable, but usually too upright for me.

What are your opinions on the best bars to ride for the sake of being comfortable, I was thinking of trying something like this..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ALLOY-BARS-FIXED-GEAR-TRACK-COMMUTER-CITY-HANDLEBARS_W0QQitemZ350114681272QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCycling_Parts_Accessories?hash=item350114681272&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A15%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
or possibly something along the lines of Soma Noah's Arc bars, which I had before, but I thought they came back too far, and I cut them too skinny, so this time around I'd leave them wider and maybe try a longer stem. I hate flat bars, they feel awful on my wrists. I know some people like mustache bars, but I'm not crazy about them.

Are there any other bars you guys would recommend?

I think the big trick in getting flat bars (or any of their variants, such as risers or sweepback bars such as the ones you've located* is to get the hand angle right. It's a lot easier to do that with grips that are shaped to fit your palm, so that your hand doesn't slip around on the bar. In my opinion, Ergons are the best. I run GP1s on both of my flatbar rigs; I set the angle correctly, and I find it takes a lot of the pressure off my wrists, forearms and shoulders.

That said, I've been thinking of converting my CX rig to from flatbar (with about 5 degree sweepback) to moustache bars, not so much for the feel as to ditch the XT brifters for barcons, and to see if my Frankensteined mountain frame can fit the UCI regulations for cyclocross. It's still at the "I wonder if this would work out" stage. Moustache bars are like all the other drop-type bars: You can run them upside down, with the grips elevated, if that's more to your liking.

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have you thought about soma sparrow bars they are pretty similar to the bars you posted but with a slightly sleeker shape.

they feel nice and they are sexy.

HELL YES! dick shorts for the win!

+1 googolplex

as far as risers go, there are lots of different options for rise and sweep. i searched long and hard for steel risers with multiple sizing options and the cheapest ones i have seen (which i learned from another thread on here) are at eighthinch.com- 25 bucks. you can get 1,2, or 3 inch rise. don't know if the sweep differs between these but i got the 2 in ones and i would guess they have about 5 deg sweep. i chopped them to 50 in which doesn't look very sexy but i've played around with chopping and i'm most comfortable with this width.