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the top flat part of the handlebar for instance, you're now restricted to just the hood and drop.

in classic CX bicycles, they tend to be normal handlebar (sometime with shallow drop), and sometime have room for another set of brake lever (the aptly named cross levers) giving you more control, a la this;

Wow Ed, where did yo find that >>>Focus<<< bike? hadn't seen one for ages!..