Short bars... yes or no

Then you think wrong...i ride tops and i raced cyclocross and mtb for years...along with 29yrs cycling experience.
My track bike has no hoods...my prefered position is centre top.
My road bike has hoods which is where i spend most time...although i still climb on the tops for long climbs...as do the majority of the best climbers in the beloved peloton.

You're right, there will be lots of people on tops who ride a lot more than me and have been for many years more than me. But to me, it still looks wrong.

Looks can be decieving I guess, like when I thought you might be gay because of your earing... it turns out, that there's a possibility that you aren't gay.