Bikes have a wide variety of uses and users,

and there is a vast variety of ways to set them up.

buying a new bike , not in a big box store, but a real bikeshop,

handlebars are one of the things that can be changed at the point of sale.

sweep angles vary even on upright 'flat' bars .. as does rise, amount .

In place of mtb bars I like Trekking bars, bend is like a figure 8.
so far from straight, but the same controls swap over directly.