Originally Posted by
rodar y rodar
They don`t tend to get banged up much with standard drop bars. With your bars, I think they stick out a bit more to the sides, so might be the first point to contact and break the fall if the bike goes down. Just speculating.
I don't think my handle bars have ever been pointed straight ahead in a crash, I think tighter is better. I generally worry the most about the RD condition following a tip over or crash.
Brad