Road levers and be careful with your bar tape, you should be able to re-use it. If you're using the drops you need to have your brakes there. If you're doing longer rides you'll benefit from the hoods position. Drop levers are cheap cheap, possibly even free if you have bikey buddies around with lots of spare parts.

I don't actually understand the cross lever thing - if one's on the tops so much, why have drops? And why have drops if you don't need multiple hand positions and are willing to forgo the hoods position?

cleanupinasle3: If the drops are an "unsafe" position for you to brake in, something is likely wrong with your fit. Deep in the drops should be a stable position if your fit is good and you're used to it. I'm not trying to be nasty here, so please take this as a constructive comment, not a critical one.