The bars the OP asks about came on my Free Spirit (now Babe the Blue Oxen) and I was also amazed/distressed. I figured the designer was roaring drunk the day that design was due.
I tried to use them, even rotating them up and installing mtn bike bar ends for drops. Useless. I binned them and installed conventional alloy bars, saving precious ounces. Babe is my salty roads winter bike so precious ounces are irrelevant. 'If you're gonna ride less often, you may as well ride heavier and take more hills.'