nice find.

Risers were on my Steamroller.
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-MTB-er 1st & foremost for years, so I set up the SR to match my KM.
-I was more upright, so I had much better view of the street, moreso than the tops of my drops.
-Comfortable. After getting about 40miles into a ride trying out Major Taylors, I thought I would never regain feeling in my wrists/hands. Switched back as soon as I got home.
-I got several risers lying around with levers to fit = I'm cheap.
-More control. I have no problem rolling through rock gardens w/risers, but there's no way I'd try it w/drops.
-Still have OG drops from 1985 on my beater, but it's mainly my grocery getter. That just went against all my above reasoning. My thoughts are now invalidated.

wait.. what?

Same here for a few reasons. Bullhorns look silly on a mtb, not that my fixed mtbs don't already look silly. I really like my easton bar, and ergon grips don't fit on anything else and no matter how dorky ergons may look, they rock.

i use drops on all my rides :)

I just put a pair of mtb flat bars on my fixed gear today ironically enough. I switched them out with the drop bars that were on them. I did it because

1) they were free
2) I found myself riding with my hands on the bar part of the drop bars as opposed to the actual drop bars anyway.
3) breaks i had fit nicely and came for free
4) decided it would be better to take free bar, brake lever, and grips as opposed to buying bar tape for the drops bars I wasn't feeling that much anyway.

i had this same reaction.

DOES NOT COMPUTE!

I said:
"Flat bars, especially riser bars, are popular among the freestyle fixed gear crowd."

I can see the confusion. I meant that, from my perspective, flat bars are popular and riser bars are even more popular among the freestyle fixed gear crowd. Essentially, both are horizontal grip bars, which is what I'm interested in for this thread.

Anyway, cool how people are jumping in and reping their flat bars and riser bars. It gives a better perspective on who uses them and why.

i have some mild risers. i cut them a half inch too narrow and now they suck.

they also suck because they're on a bike that's really skinny.

having a karate monkey with risers is awesome. they really work to keep the bike under you over obstacles and keep your weight over where you need it to be. having a track bike with riser bars makes it harder to turn, decreases leverage, and makes the bike look like a bar crawler. you get none of the benefits and all of the negative effects.

if that's what you want, go for it.

Flat bars offer you more control, because they are wider and offer a more secure grip point. I can do endos with flat bars.

Cut the **** down flat bars loose the benefit, but they do offer a slightly more relaxed upright position and look pretty sweet.