My first good road bike, I immediately replaced the drop bars with bullhorns, with those angled up at about (30?) degrees and with grab-ons (dense, thick, foam handlebar padding), it was much more surface area on my hands and more comfortable than riding on the top corner of the drops, or the drops, or the brake hoods on drops. And then a year later, I put on the bullhorns, the very first Scott clip-on aero bars with extra spacers under the forearm rests, and that took pressure off my hands when needed. The bullhorns were 40 cm, I can't recall the forearm spacing of the aeros, but both are too narrow for me now. I now use a 56 cm flat bar with bar-ends (larger diameter than most), and clip-ons with much wider spacing. Not nearly as aerodynamic but more comfortable. Except for riding into the wind, the aeros are all about taking pressure off my hands, but is also my aero position if needed, and more comfortable and higher position than drops.