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The reason I wanted the custom aerobars is because regular ones are designed to mount on the actual handlebar, which puts them a good few inches further forward than this setup.
That's fine when you want them to allow you to stretch right out in a really aero position...but for long off road miles the aerobars biggest advantage is their ability to support your upper body...but this works better if you can move them higher and closer. You still get some aero benefit too from being a bit more tucked in of course.
This setup allows a higher, closer position, without needing either a second stem and section of bar above your regular one, which I've seen a few people do...or using 'fred bars' which does a similar thing to that but a bit more neatly.
I also wanted to keep the loop bars clearer to allow potentially fitting a feed bag inside the loop...regular aerobars would have put the extension tubes right across the loop.
I just find my setup a lot neater really....especially as there will be no exposed steerer or spacers when they're removed as there would otherwise have been with any off the peg setup.