Originally Posted by Eric F

Nice!

I've come to appreciate the flare on my gravel bike bars (not weirdly extreme like some). On a road bike, I could see how narrow hoods would be nice for aero rolling, and wider drops would be good for handling on descents and sprinting. The carbon bars on my gravel are pretty compliant, which is nice for gravel, but way softer than I would want for a road bar. 38 on the tops and 44 in the drops would be perfect for me on the road. I like it wider than that for gravel, however.