OTP lovers!

Wrong!!! All Wrong!!!

In your opinion, which is wrong :)

Utter bollocks Fred. See previous response from our very own very knowledgeable RPM, complete with pictures of pros who may have a fairly good idea of what position bars should be in.
:)

I can disagree if I want, and in this case I want. Rather than knee-jerk, engage brain and follow:

• track bars enable several riding positions
  
• the key position track bars are designed for (and we're interested in) is "on the drops" (ie not the hoods or tops)
  

• track bars are designed to have this critical section of bar at a specific angle and distance from rider for max power*

• though the same applies for touring bars and racers

ergo, if your riding position isn't comfortable, then you have the wrong shape bars and/or the wrong set up (stem height / length). You can get a set of bars to be comfortable if you set them up at an angle, but that doesn't mean that this is correct.

Bars at a slight angle up is usually the OTP "factory fresh" look, and comes from having a slightly higher riding position (on the hoods), beneficial when you're just getting used to a bike. Who hasn't got an OTP and dropped the bars a few degrees after the first week or two? Or to put it another way, who has bought an OTP and thought "I need to raise the angle of the bars"? (no-one!)

obviously there are exceptions for the very few, but the general rule still stands.

If you really don't believe me, then find me a monocoque bar which is not horizontal.