I feel like a snob for asking this, but here goes.

Am I the only one who think handle-bars angled like this are ugly? It just looks like something is bent the wrong way:




It seems that a very similar position could be effected by flipping the stem down, and then rotating the hoods up like this:



...and to me, it looks way better. When I was bike shopping this summer, and seeing pictures of bikes the first way, I just thought: "that's an ugly bike!" I had to try to make myself look at the rest of the bike and realize that could be changed. Perhaps I'm the only one who feels this way, but if I'm not, you'd think a certain online bike seller would try to re-position the bars for the picture, right?

DISCLAIMER: I'm no bike expert, and I'm sure there are some comfort/fit reasons for doing this, but surely making the bike look good is more important! :-)