Hi,
Bar ends or ergonomic grips including bar ends might help with the hills.
A 30(28) front and 28 rear is pretty low gearing, and lower than most road bikes.
As your bike claims to be a road bike based hybrid, a less aggressive
riding position, flat bars rather than drops and triple front gears rather
than a double, a change to a road bike needs careful consideration.
At 50+ I changed my road bike drops to bull horns, and other than
the bars I can't really see any advantage to changing your bike.
Modifying your bars seems the best bet to me. The extra stretch
available on bull horns, barends, etc should nullify any size concerns.
Checkout your handlebar options available, it's a lot cheaper.
rgds, sreten.
Last edited by sreten; 09-03-13 at 10:53 PM.