I test-rode a Volpe and it had the most stack of any drop-bar bike I've tried. How high are the bars compared to the seat? Also the Tiagra shifters are huge.

I have used interrupters, & still have a pair on one of my bike.(1st drop bar bike)
Honestly I never use them, I find being on the hoods is hood enough for me on MUP's, & even in traffic. I'll most likely remove them to shave weight.

Risers with 15-25 deg of pullback.

I have these three bikes. On our tandem I have Tektro long-pull drop levers but no one, except Paul ($$$) makes a long pull cross-lever, so I run Travel Agents. Big hassle using TA's with discs, the inline TA's introduce a ton of drag, so much so that I had to jury rig a booster for the return spring in the Avid BB7's. Fine, but no LBS mechanic will touch it now. If you get from that that I swear by cross levers you would be right. I use them as much as the 'main' brake levers. On my tandem and road racer (yes, cross levers on a roadie, they rock that in the PNW quite a bit) I think I get a better bite from the cross-levers, but on my main commuter that seems not to be the case. I haven't quite figured out why this is.

H

Various bars on various bikes. Most miles are on drop bars. Next most are on VO Postino bars (45deg sweep, zero rise). Next most are on brahma bars. Next are risers.

Salsa Woodchipper, on the Fargo. I had Nashbar's trekking bars on my Rocky Mountain when I commuted on it, but now it is more dedicated to logging road and trail riding so I found a Specialized knock off of Bullmoose bars, which I love.

I really wanted to like rando bars on my vintage Motobecane because I like the look, but I didn't like the narrower flats.

I do go bar-less on occasion, when I commute on my uni.

Flat (well, riser) bar on a rigid MTB with Origin 8 Drop Bar Ends. The bar ends are taped make my longer Saturday rides more confortable due to multiple hand positions. I tried regular MTB bar ends that stick up but couldn't find much to like about those, other than a good place to hang my helmet when the bike spends the night in the garage on its kickstand.

Right now I have risers, but I have a new set of bullhorns I'm putting back on as soon as I get a lever that will fit.

bad azz dropz:

V-O Montmartre bars.

Voted 'other'; the poll fails to include "flat bars w/bar ends", which to my mind are quite distinct from "flat" as a category.
I use a pretty standard flat bar (600mm/8 degree sweep) with bar-ends and Ergon grips. Have done for years.
Reason 1: I prefer shifting and covering the brakes from "the tops" while in traffic and
Reason 2: I find this set-up more than comfortable/aero enough for me on windy/long/century rides etc.
Reason 3: I don't engage in Cat 6 racing, and I'm too chicken s**t to descend at 70kms/hr, so don't care about 'the drops' for sprinting and descending.
Caveat: I have only one bike. If I do add a second, purposed only for longer distances out of the city, it would have drops/brifters. Just because.

For the last year I've been commuting mostly on this old beast, which has a Sturmey Archer hub and the Soma "Lauterwasser" bar. Its shape is somewhere between a mustache bar and a real Lauterwasser bar, which is somewhere between a mustache bar and a track bar.

I am usually riding drop bars... when I am not riding no handed.

I actually saw a student commuting by unicycle on what looked like 20" wheel.

"Other" - north roads all the way.

Wow those look amazing on that bike. Does it put you in a semi-upright position?

Thanks! No, I wouldn't call it that. I like my hands a few inches below the saddle, so it's more or less a compromise of all the drop bar positions. A little lower than the top, not quite as far forward as the hoods, not as deep as drops. It's basically a one-position bar with a few good short term variations-- I can get a more upright position by putting my hands at the top (pretty narrow), or for a more dropped position, I can bend my elbows and put my hands all the way forward. It's a good option if you're running an IGH, since it measures 7/8" like an upright bar (you can't put most IGH shifters on most drop bars).

+1

I have flatbars on my Surly Ogre for commuting. However, I do prefer inline (interrupter) brakes on my Raleigh Record Ace for the longer distances. I'm like 80% on the hoods anyways.

I like the combination of drop bars with interruptor levers... I use these on my XC mountain bike and on the Pugsley.

I use Profile drop bars but honestly, in traffic (which is most of the time), I ride the hoods. Very comfortable, no issues.

Rick / OCRR

I don’t find any of the hand positions on drop bars comfortable in the least of ways. The hoods hurt my hands and wrist, the tops are too narrow, and the drops are only doable for very short durations. However, I like the appearance of drop bars.

Conversely, all the flat bars on my mountain bikes are perfectly adequate even for my longest 200-mile rides and I much prefer trigger shifters over “brifters”.

Those look more like track drops.

I have a set of Gerry Burgess randonneur bars on my main commuter, which I adore. Flipped north roads on my back up bike, but that project is new enough that I don't really have much of an opinion of them.

Riser bar with a sweep.