The drop bars give you three positions. I spend about 60% of my time on the brake hoods and the other 40% split between the top of the bars or in the drops. I define my amount of leisure by the pace I'm keeping and not so much by where my hands are resting on the bar. I don't find road bikes to be uncomfortable at all. Maybe that's from growing up riding 10 speeds back in the 70's/80's so they just feel like the natural way to ride a bike to me.