Originally Posted by delay
I know a lot of people have and like them. Personally, I look at them and wonder what I would do with myself.
I say the same thing about bullhorns.
If you want to feel more stretched out bullhorns are a crappy alternative (in so many ways) to drop bars with longer stem and/or longer top tube.
Wider grip? Get wider drop bars.
Upshot: drop bars give you more options with regard to position. Road cyclists have negated some of the advantages of "drop bar design" with the advent of the "brifter age" IMO.