Looking for handlebar advice

In my opinion both the noodle and the randonneur look a bit shit...

.... I'd also suggest you buy a dropbar with an ergonomic bend, ie a flat part right in the drop section, way more comfortable.

...they may look shit, but they're design like that for comfort rather than satisfied the aesthetic need of the hippity hoppity brigade of clerkenwell road.

Sure if you're given the choice between an ugly component that works or a beautiful component that doesn't, I'd go with the ugly one. But if it's possible to have a part that combines aesthetic beauty with function, there's no point in going with an ugly part other than showing how anti and rebellious you are.

Obviously this is the internet you do have a right to voice your opinion, but WFT?

The noodles and randos don't look shit. There are better looking bars, but they're not ugly. Whereas Ergo bars are fucking hidious!

I wasn't sure about the way compacts looked, but they've grown on me, and for more modern bikes they're perfect. Either way, the smooth curves win over ergos

Also I don't think the flats in the drops of ergos are that great iether. The curves of the compacts are a much more natural fit in the parms of your hands.