For what it's worth, this post is more than two years old, and I've since abandoned the mustache bars. What people say about drop bars, it turns out, is true: they are completely versatile and offer myriad hand positions. The mustache bars extended the cockpit of the bike too far, although they were not bad for climbing hills. They do look neat, though, and I've got a pair of the old Nashbar mustaches just clanging around my basement if anybody wants them....