Originally Posted by Deontologist

I commute and I actually ride in the drops on my commuter bike. But that's because my stem is angled way, way upward. Perhaps you could have kept the drops by adjusting the stem angle.

On my other road bike the stem is level with respect to the ground and the only time you'll find me in the drops on that bike even is if I'm doing drills or just heading into a stiff wind.