angled or straight bar

[Gravity Aided]

flat bar road bike

drop bar road bike

 

[pawl]

is there any difference in performance between angled down handle bar against straight lined? ive been looking around sites and spotted that every expensiver bike got whole bar angled a little down, why is it so?

I tend to have my bars angled down slightly as i find this more comfortable when on the drops.As for performance I don't think it makes a lot of difference .Position is a very personnel .issue use what you feel comfortable with

 

[Torvi]

i put them back to standard position as sometimes i like to ride casually instead of on drops

 

[cyberknight]

The idea is to get a neutrel position for the wrist so that your not putting pressure on the nerves by over rotating the wrist