As far as handlebars, I know some people love the north road type bars, but I really like something right in between that and a straight bar. there are actually a lot of handlebars being made lately with 20 to 40 degrees of sweep. really comfy. Since I started riding bars with 40° sweep on my Big dummy, the ones with 12° on my mtb just feel wrong. I'd really like to try something with 24°.
There's really no good image I can post to illustrate, so I'll just draw something in Sketchup.
The straight, 12°, and 24° are a bit narrow, the curve on the north road is off, but other than that, fairly accurate.