I definitely prefer the European style (aka old Raleigh 3sp) handle bars over flat bars. My previous bike had the European bars, but I didn't think to save them when I threw out the bike after it (with me on it)had been hit this spring. I am usually such a pack rat and I am trying to get my wife to dump a bunch of stuff so... hard to justify keep 25 year old bike parts. My new bike has straight bars, but they are just not bent right to mate up with a natural hand position. I have click shifters and I would think that anything as aggressive as the albatross would not work well with them.

After seeing the the pictures of the on-one Mary bar I came accross some references to an H bar by Jones see http://www.jonesbikes.com/update/hbar/index.html It looks nice, but I am not spending nearly $300 on handlebars. Then I came accross: http://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking/p/COMPHBCRS/HB2341 at just under $70 I might be able to justify them. I just have to see how the tape should be wrapped and how to mount the brakes and shifters so that they are comfortable. The H bars should give extra grip positions and a more natual grip angle for the wrist.

Happy riding,
André