Originally Posted by
greatbasin
Hate both. North Road FTW. They were widely referred to in the past as "tourist" bars.
I don't think they need to be very specific in design, but at least back-swept. Personally, I have North Roads and Albatross. I'd like to try Porteur, Bosco, Moustache, Promenade... I think at the correct height for each design, they could all work well.
For the purposes of this thread, I'd call all of those non drop bars flat bars. I think pretty much everything I have seen anyone tour on can be divided into drops or flat. I guess I would have one exception I did meet a guy who had a set of "high rise" bars that looked like they were off of one of those stingray bikes that were the craze for kids in the 60s. He had them on an otherwise "normal" touring bike. If you don't like using the term flat for North Roads, Albatross, and the like, then think drop and non-drop.