honestly though, it's about the only semi-smart thing he's said. If you ride in seattle than of course you're going to need wider bars than someone like me that rides the flat flat streets of Richmond. I have about 6.5 inches of bar on either side of my stem and there's only one hill in town that makes me wish for a wider bar, and when I'm pumping that hill I'm not really thinking about the width of my bars. what has made me think about the width of my bars is when I'm splitting lanes and my bars just miss mirrors by an inch but the sides of my feet still scrape the wheels of the cars I'm passing.

the point is, you have different riding needs than someone in NYC or RVA. take that into consideration.