Originally Posted by
Craptacular8
I'm sure there are plenty of choices of bars that have some flare. I'm mostly used to those by Salsa. I'd say the Salsa Cowbell has the least amount of flare, the chow chipper more, and the wood chipper the most of all of their products. We've got cowbell and cow chipper mounted on a couple of our touring/gravel bikes, and have to say that we find them very comfortable. I'm pretty comfortable on gravel on pretty much any bar I'd find comfortable riding extended amounts of time on pavement. I'm guessing the interrupter brake levers might be robbing you of some bar space, so can always ditch those if you need more room to spread out.
Does the flaring affect handling and control? I love the looks of the cowchipper and woodchipper, or even the Gary Sweep bars, but wasn't sure how what effect the flare has.
I could move my hand inwards even with the interrupters, but the issue is my wide shoulder and correspondingly wide grip. My pinkies are shoved up against the hoods in a natural grip. I'm 6' tall, 200 pounds at my slimmest (and nowhere near that right now), and find even some 2XLs are snug in the chest and shoulders. And, as noted in my OP, I'm not the most flexible person.