Mine look a lot like Yo Spiffs, but I can and do brake comfortably from the drops with this slightly angled-up position, and I can actually ride on the hoods now (it was excruciatingly painful on my old bike, to the extent that I'd move to the hoods only to shift (STI) and then go back to tops or drops). Classic (Velo-Orange remakes) C-shaped bars, but not deep drops.
It's all about comfort -- I'd have hand pain on your bars, although not as bad as my old bike, from my hands not being able to take my weight tipped forward at all.
