I am stuck between either a nitto noodle or a nitto dream bar.... I understand the differences but since i have no experience with either I was hoping to hear what other people thought of them.

I recently got used to ridding on newish campy hoods and love it, would this make me lean towards the dream bar? I would use them for touring, but I also enjoy "spirited" riding as well hehe. To make deciding even more fun I just bought some nitto mustache bars....

I've never understood what multiple hand positions moustache bars provide.

I love my 44 cm Noodles, don't have any experience with the Dream bar. The Noodle seems to be popular wherever it's sold.

Noodles on four of my bikes. Love 'em...

I love the Noodle but it has to be the 46 or 48 cm for me. Never tried the Dream bar, and I never could warm up to the Mustache. I don't like how the Mustache drops lower than the stem, and if you flip it over it looks funny.

I love my moustache bars! I have them on a 1985 Bridgestone T700.

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Tmoithy

When I overhauled my "vintage racer" to better fit my over-50 body, I decided that I had to raise the bars quite a bit. Considered the Moustache, but ended up buying the Noodle because I couldn't give up having drops, and the drop bar "look" on the bike. I have two other bikes that I'm building, for variety in function/typology, and I may get the Moustache for one of them, just for kicks -- or the Albatross or Soma's Swallow, which look very nice.

It seems that people either love the Moustache bars, or can't abide them; there doesn't seem to be much middle ground. I really like the Noodle, and I can't recall anyone who's used them saying that they didn't like them -- just seems to be an optimized version of the drop bar. The curvature on the top bar does seem to make more ergonomic sense, and provides additional ways to grab the bar that are comfortable.

thank you everyone for the help, I am going to put the mustache bars on my city bike so ill see how much I like them.

You may not like the moustache bars if you don't use a stem with more height and less extension than you use with drop bars. A Nitto Technomic will do it. So will a Dirtdrop.

The noodle is a fantastic design and really comfortable for long rides and touring. I also think the Nitto mustache is comfortable. I have them on my Woodrup. I'm not sure what type of riding I'd recommend them for, but I use the Woodrup for commuting and 30-40 mile rides and I have no complaints. The Dream Bar does not look comfortable to me, but I've not used them. The other Rivendell handlebar I like is the Priest. Unfortunately, I don't think they make it anymore.

Because it wouldn't stay away from the little boys.

+1 on the Noodle, but I have recently found a bar I like even better -- the Ritchey Biomax Pro in the short drop configuration. Like the Noodle, it is set up with a relatively flat top, so the slope to the brake hoods is close to horizontal. It's also got a short reach which proved to be a very comfortable riding position for me, and the drops are so shallow that it makes riding the drops a viable and comfortable option.