Originally Posted by
Cute Boy Horse
Well, angling them down a bit is what you're supposed to do, so your wrists stay at a neutral angle.
This reminds me of something I see a lot of, but only on pictures of bikes owned by Americans. I see the handlebars angled so the ends point streight up in the air like this:
Dumb Americans.
I'm American and have only started to see this fairly recently.
Don't assume too much thought has gone into it. They are trying to get the bars as high as possible for 'comfort', even though the bars were designed to be used at a lower angle. So it's all wrong. It's a setup most useful for riding a bike down a sidewalk to the corner liquor store to buy a 40.