Originally Posted by prooftheory

The other factor that hasn't been mentioned is that the farther your hands are from the stem the more mechanical advantage you have in turning. Risers generally put your hands farther away from the fulcrum (i.e. the stem) as opposed to riding 38mm track drops, especially if you are riding the tarck way with your hands up on top near the stem. Of course, I'm stupid so I might have that wrong.