Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
There's nothing wrong with the bars; they just need to be adjusted.
I think what's been confusing me and others here is that the bars that this frame originally came with are shaped very similarly to the OP's bars, see his link in post 32. It's just that's not how bars are shaped anymore. Those of us who've been riding modern bars are perhaps put off by seeing the old style of hood use, which is really quite dated. Here's a 5000 with the original bars, photo from the Trek website:
As we can see, his current bars aren't much different. It does look uncomfortable, though. His bars are really meant to be adjusted to this angle, as is obvious from their aero tops.
Another interesting thing is that my '00 Trek 5200 came with modern bars with flat ramps, like this used 5000:
