Originally Posted by
531phile
I don't think anyone else mentioned this, but if your bar doesn't have any backwards sweep or very little, you may want to get one with more sweep for a more natural hand position. I personally hate flat bars which normally come with only 3-6 degrees of backwards sweep, it is just not comfortable after 10 miles of riding. Something around 12-15 or more degrees of backward sweep. Someone like the On-One Mary bar.
I put my vote behind more sweep as well, the hand position offered by flat bars just isn't natural (to me at least), I need a good 30 degrees or so before I feel really comfortable.