Originally Posted by Retro Grouch

Every bike has just one purpose - to absolutely delight only one person in the entire world. Your responsibility is to do whatever is necessary to help it along. There's lots of different handlebars and "stuff". That's because there are folks who like, and who hate, every single one.

So you've already tried a friend's bike with an albatross bar and you liked it. That's the only opinion that counts.