Originally Posted by dutret
Because someday you are going to turn into a gusty 20mph wind and really really care about being aero.
Bullhorns are fine though. You'll probably need a shorter stem too unless you are going with flop and chops.
I have bullhorns on my fixie, I ride in Manhattan...so they see both street riding and fast laps in central park. I can get nice and low and "aero" with them and have not had any issue with "aero". I have some nitto track drops too that I put on once in a while for shorter/harder riders but I far prefer the bullhorns for urban riding.
Take note though, with the bullhorns you want to have your stem (at least) 10mm shorter than with drops....
Use a cross lever for the front brake right next to the stem on the left.
I went directly from racing XC mountain bikes to the fixies (then a road bike)....it is difficult to get used to the forward reach road bars (of any kind) give you compared to a MTB, even MTB bars with bar-ends. BUt a few years later whenever I get back on my XC bike the position feels so odd....it's just getting used to things.