pffffft "have your bars backwards" nope, well depends what u ride like imo, most streety people like ali c, shrewsbury n that lot have the bars with loads off backsweep. but if you do uci type "go big" stuff then have them forward so that (the bit that u grip) is facing upwards meaning the backsweep is now upsweep, just make sure they dont point forwards though if you dont kno what i mean check tunnis site on bike pics thats how to do it