Originally Posted by dalmore
I've never ridden with aero bars but from what I've read and seen controlling the bike is an issue with aero bars. It seems, there is definitely a learning curve to controlling the bike while on the aero bars. In his book that-I-can't-recall-the-title, Leonard Zinn suggests starting with the bars set wide and move them closer together as you get used to controlling the bike. That doesn's look to be an option with the bars you picked.
FWIW
Good point. I also noticed that the brake levers I'm finding online for aero bars all plug into the ends, so they wouldn't work with those bars either. I like the inward bend, but I don't care that much whether they meet in the middle. If I had already bought them I'd just cut them off to adjust (assuming it was an option with the clamps). I would really like to have brakes out there too, even though I'd be using the drops mainly in rural areas, sometimes critters jump out at me.