Spotted...

These bars are all about the hand positions!

holding it up at the stem is good for reducing wind resistance, especially on waterloo bridge.

you can also fit your feet into the hoops and lean back for a nice relaxing descent. You missed that bit :)

totally agree... i have inverted north road bars and they're well good. give you a bit of a 'bomber command' look too...

btw - i only saw your/teenslains-ex bike in the first bike thread about a week ago. i talked to him ages ago about those rims and bought some cos i wanted deep profile 27"s, but spooky how similar the bikes look!