I am very fond of my 98 RH (alu frame, with front shocks) which is my all purpose bike, commuting is nice on rough roads not having to worry about potholes so much, and it is comfortable all day on long day rides and have even toured with it-where with 25lbs or so on the rear it handles very well and the stiffish rear part of the frame gets dampened out with full panniers on.
I dont have drops, but slightly angled back risers on it which combined with bar ends is fairly versatile for hand positions and comfort (not as effective in strong headwinds as drops, but for the rest works well, enough that I can ride it all day and not have any hand wrist issues.)