Originally Posted by
Cougrrcj
Sounds like you have a wrist angle issue, more than in problem with bar width. I had that problem on one of my motorcycles. The bars swept back too much and my wrists were at an un-natural angle. I replaced the bars with a set that allowed my wrists to be straighter to my grip when riding. MUCH better!
it's the opposite here. He had butterfly bars, trekking bars, where the "hands on controls" position is pretty much straight across, ie no angle at all.
with my trekking bars this straight part bugged me, just as it did in the past with mountain bike bars that were straight.
changing to a slight angle like he has on these new bars, and a few bars that I have with varying angles (the extreme are my Jones bars with a 45 degree angle) just feel better on the wrists rather than straight across.
now I can't speak for gauvins, I'm just relating my experiences.