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non-fixie
This is mrs non-fixie's preferred set-up these days. Somewhat upright with her hands on the "grips" and more stretched out with her hands near the brake levers (which is why I tape the bars, instead of using grips), as well as the ability to quickly access the brake levers from these positions. She prefers racing levers in the position pictured above to the traditional "ville" levers. She tested the DeVos above and this Méral back to back last week, and was very clear about it.
These were made by Guidons Philippe, but others, like Sakae, offered them as well, BITD. There are also modern versions, from Nitto and Humpert, but these tend to be larger, which doesn't look quite right on a vintage bike IMO.
Also cool, BTW, are the Cinelli priest bars. If you are feeling papal enough, these might be a nice choice:
Aren't the bars on Mrs. Non-Fixie's bike essentially porteur bars? I had some on my old commuter that were the classic Belleri porteurs, but Velo Orange makes them currently, which would fit your stem's clamp. You would need different brake levers, but I used Velo Orange's city brake levers, and at under $20, they're not very expensive.
https://velo-orange.com/collections/...eur-bar-config
https://velo-orange.com/collections/...-brakes-levers
Right now, I am running VO's Milan bars, and they're great for a speedy commuter -- not too upright, not too forward. Brake levers are Tektro FL540, which use road cable ends, so you could swap back and forth if you preserve enough cable length and want to go back to drop bars.
