Originally Posted by
RonH
Maybe your bars should be parallel but not mine. All bars are not the same. Notice the differences?
I mentioned your comments to the shop mechanic and he said the bars should point to the rear dropouts.
It looks to me like your Litespeed's drops are pointing at the rear brake. And your CAAD's drops are pointing at your bottom bracket.
Each to their own as was said. To me your set up looks more like what is expect to see on a tourer or relaxed geo road bike, but if you like it ride it til it breaks.