I prefer riser type bars on my commuter/townie. My commutes are only about 3-4 miles each way, so I don't really need drop bars. But I don't like the typical MTB style bar with only a few degrees of sweep. I need more to make my wrists happy. I'm not looking for mustache bars, many of which have a full 90 degrees sweep. Something in between.

Any recommendations?

North Roads bar.

Its the most common type of bar found on older three speeds

The Wald 896 has a milder swept back bar that could make you happy.

You'll need to look at a number of bars to decide what matches what you want on your commuter/townie bike.

Jones Loop Bars?

On One Mary is very comfortable for my wrists. They are rather wide, however.

Thank you, but isn't that what most would call a mustache bar? Or very similar. That's too much sweep. Yeah, I may need to look at a lot of bars.

Thanks again.

That's not bad at all. What's the front part of the bar for? Do you actually use it as a riding position, or is it just for strength?

That might be the one. Thanks!

My mustache bar is very narrow and since I hate drop bars on my commuter and wanted an upright position, they've worked out well.

The sweep isn't that extreme and the bends offer plenty of hand positions.

It would help to know the actual range of sweep you're looking for. If you want to stay with a "normal" mtb bar, there are several options around the 11-12° mark. I have a Bontrager Big Sweep (12°) which feels nice. If you want more, check out the Salsa Bend which comes in 17 and 23 options. The Crivitz (25°) that came on my Sawyer is super comfy. There are dozens of sweep bars out there, so more info would help folks narrow picks. You can also check out a couple of lists people put together of sweep bars, one at oldglorymtb.com and another somewhere on the mtbr.com forums.

It's good for mounting things like lights and whatnot, but it also offers some additional hand positions.

I honestly don't know in terms of degrees. I had a look some of the other bars from On-One, besides the Mary, and the Fleegle looks interesting, except it's not a riser. They say it has 15° of sweep, and that would probably be the minimum I'm looking for.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll check out all of them.

Cool, but 31.8 mm only...

What size stem do you have 25.4 or 31.8mm?

Trekking bars offer a lot of hand Options.

31.8mm (1.25") Stem can use machined shims to use the smaller 26.0 & 25.4mm (1") bars.

Velo Orange offers up some bars with sweep:

Postino

Milan

Tourist

In addition to the Jones and On One bars listed above, you've got:

Surly Open Bars



FSA Metropolis bars



Soma Noah's Arc Bars



and Nitto Albatross

All of my bikes now have swept bars. I've been happy with:

1. Origin8 Citi Classic
2. Velo Orange Tourist
3. Steel bars from old Schwinn

My situation is that I can't ride drop bars any more, and MTB bars wreck my wrists. The swept bars are a lot more comfortable, probably due to the wrist angle, along with moving the grips back by a few inches. I even find that I really don't have to change hand positions, though I seldom ride more than a few miles at a stretch before stopping due to traffic.

Just installed a swept bar with a bit of rise in it ... an FSA Metropolis, 31.8mm clamp, 46º back sweep, 21º up sweep, 300gr weight.

Installed slightly aimed downward, there's very little overall rise. Installed "straight" then it'll be the full 21º rise. Installed upside down, even, it gives you a bit of drop. As compared to a flat bar with a single-digit degree of sweep, it's a nice intermediate bar. Like you, OP, on this bike I dislike the relatively flat, straight bars typical on MTB style bikes. But I really didn't want a "cruiser" style with massive sweep and rise. This one's a reasonable compromise.

Has brought my hands rearward about 50mm from the flat bar's position, and given me some control over the rise. Am considering the Ergon GC-1 grips for swept bars, but might well not need to additional off-line change they provide, as the wrists are fine right now.

Much nicer riding position, given my bike's overall geometry and stem.

Also considered the On-One Mary bar, along with the Soma Clarence 31.8mm bar.

I installed the Soma Sparrow on my Raleigh a few weeks back. I like them so far. Much more comfy than the flat bar. Available in 3 widths. I went with the middle width. Not the best pic to show the sweep.

I tried the Jones loop bars but went back to the riser bars with Cane Creek bar ends. Best combo I have found for comfort and multiple hand positions.

I have Nitto B206 Nordeast bars. They are very similar to a set of GB All Rounders that unfortunately broke on me. Little bit of sweep and a little bit of rise.

Nitto Bullmoose has a steady, but not extreme sweep. Also a stem/bar in one if that's your thing:


Velo Orange has a wide variety of swept bars with nice attention to detail.
Handlebars - Components


Edit: left this open all night and looks like I subconsciously copied mconlonx's suggestions. Granted, I've been bar shopping for awhile and have constantly been looking at these. So he shares good taste.
The Postino looks to be a winner for my purposes with zero rise and about 35 degrees of sweep. The Milan is about the same but has about an inch of rise (some people flip it and get drop instead). The Tourist looks good, too if you want more sweep and rise, without that near ninety degree sweep of porteur bars.

+1 on the FSA Metropolis bar. Most comfortable bar I have ever owned. So nice I have three of them waiting for frames to put the on.

You might want to simply order 4 or 5 bars to physically hold them and decide and then return the rest. I did this, people at work thought I was nuts, but it was really hard to figure out something as subjective as comfort from specs.

You could always give trekking bars a shot, I know I really enjoyed them when I had them on my 830.