I'm not so stoked on the idea of dirt drops on a road tourer. They are fantastic on a mountain bike, or on a touring bike that sees mountain use, but I've always found them to be more awkward for road use. The angle of the hoods reduces comfort for me, and the tops are too narrow to be a good alternative.

Of course, I was using the Origin8 Gary bar, which is closer to a deep drop moustache than a standard drop bar.

There is an interesting continuum of flared drop bars, from bars with little flare like the Salsa Bell Laps, to slightly flared bars like the WTB Dirt Drops, and then moderately flared bars like the Woodchipper, then the On One Midge, the Origin8 Gary, and then you just hit Moustache bars.