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Having never seen such a thing before, on this morning's commute, I saw two chopped-off-drop handlebar set-ups.
Number one (E&C) was set up like a regular road bike, with the only custom bit being that the drops appeared to have been lopped just after the Campag shifters. A sort of DIY bullhorn bar I guess.
Number two (Borough) was way weirder, being what looked like a former drop bar mounted directly onto a set of aero extensions in order to create an upwardly curved bar, then chopped off after the vertical section, with some old-school Shimano (600?) shifters mounted high up on the vertical bit. It looked completely custom to me - the product of someone who is happy machining their own hardware.
Question being.... Why??