Originally Posted by
fuzz2050
I ride my moustache bars long distances, and I'm not alone, there are plenty of touring bikes set up with them. In some ways I actually prefer them to drops, but I would strongly advise against putting them on a mountain bike convert. With MTB's already long top tubes, the added reach of a moustache bar makes them horribly uncomfortable.
I disagree, I have moustache bars on 2 mtbs and love them. I went with a shorter stem with more rise.
Anyways I have 20 mile round trip and have a geared and fixed gear bike with moustache bars, have doen a century on them and find them great. I switched my other fixed gear from risers to origin8 space bars for the sweep and to take presure off my hands and wrists, love them too.
My mtb has dirt drops (mary bars) and I used to commute on them as well. They need a short stem with rise, as well the bars are meant to riden in the drops with the drops being the same height as where the grips would be on a flat/riser bar setup.