Ahh gotcha, I see what you mean now.

Climbing or flats, I'm pretty much always on the hoods. I'm only on the tops when I'm being lazy and cruising on flats, and only on the drops, when I'm going down hill.

When trying out bars, do most LBS's allow you to mount everything and feel it? Or do most LBSes require you to do image training and look like a fool holding bars and pretending to have brifters on?