Rode this for a while and liked the position a lot:



This same bike started life as a flat bar 1x9 urban bike. Got switched out to a 2x10 drop bar bike. Ended up like this. Before becoming a 3x10 flat bar mtn bike and being sold off.

I built a custom commuter with Nitto Noodle drop bars, bar end shifters. Tried switching to flat bars, flat bar road shifters just to check it out, but the top tube was way too short to make the reach work, even with a much longer stem. Back to compact drop bar and integrated brake/shifters, which are working out very well for me.

flat bars need to have a lot of angle to them in order for them to be comfortable to me. Much prefer something like a mustache bar. I bet I would love the Jones bars...