Hand positions on drop bars

eh?

(that's a canadian affectation, my voice goes up at the end of every sentence too)

it's known as the Australian Question Intonation or the High rising terminal :

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_rising_terminal[/ame]

i've never heard a Canadian do it, at least not as much as aussies. mind you, americans etc do do it