Originally Posted by
Steely Dan
i've been curious about the super narrow bar trend that i see among the hipster fixie crowd. i myself have always used the shoulder width rule for bars (what can i say, it works for me), but are there any practical advantages to those really narrow bars? or is it really just a pure style thing that only results in poorer handling?
That's my guess, then blame it on frame geometry.
Take any bike, ride out of the saddle. Notice the difference as you move your hands closer to the stem.