For those who are resolutely in the bars are for pussies camp ever had a pulse wave from a very hard stop coming down the cable toward you or a seriously nasty rollback? I fortunately haven't but I know people who've been very glad they had a bar to grab when they hit turbulence.
Does that camp even exist? People always say it exists, but I've never heard anyone say it. There are many reasons people don't use the bar ... I'm fine with using it, especially on windy days, but normally I don't simply because I probably spend more than half my time on chairs that don't even have bars, and I just don't think about it. And maybe a little lazy.