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@uolmo
1. when you get hit by handlebars is when the bike has already fallen to the ground/ is falling to the ground and you fall upon it. seeing it like that, this sort of bars is way safer than every sort of risers or flat bars.
2. regarding the position of the rider: you can't ban someone because his shoulders are not on your height! if so, you yould have to ban whether yorgo or me, because there is no way of a safe shoulder to shoulder contact.
This is pure logic, pretty sure that these handlebar are not more, maybe even less, dangerous than usual flat one. This is not because these guys are nice or skilfull, but because it looks like there is no real reason to ban them.