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Jim's bars are not that narrow though, as you can see in the pic.
I suppose they are narrow compared to uncut risers, but they are 28" for downhilling and even most mtb'ers cut an inch or two off. Jim's bars are no narrower than the tops of a set of drop bars, in fact they are probably wider. That makes perfect sense if you want to run bars like that.
It just makes me laugh when people try to argue practical uses for something clearly chosen for looks, like saying holding around the stem (like that idiotic bike up there^^) is better for riding in traffic, or that an aerospoke is chosen because it's easier to get a lock through. Balderdash.