Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

To me that biggest difference is the width at the hoods. Because the bars are measured at the ends, and the ends flare out- a bar that's measured at 44 ends up measuring 37 or so at the hoods or ramps- where I usually ride. That gets goofy for me having a handlebar bag on there- ESPECIALLY when having Command Shifters- there's no room for the shifters with a handlebar bag on there.

By comparison- the B177 doesn't flare out as much, so a 44 feels really wide in comparison to the B132.

I think I have the actual B132 bars that the Colonel was referring to, I really like them in terms of comfort and feel and hand positions and look- but that distance between the hoods is a killer. I also really like the B177s- I'd love to try out all the fancy pants bars- I think my next set of bars is going to be a set of the Compass/Grand Bois Maes Parallel bars, but the B135, 136 and 176 bars are all in the running.

I'll have to get a cockpit pic of the B132s, but here's a cockpit pic of the B177s:

For what it's worth the Colonel's post of the 132, 135 and 177 bars is like the Rosetta Stone of handlebars. I wish there were the same pix for the 136 and 176 around. I'm sure they're probably on some QBP site that I can't get to...