Originally Posted by
Kapusta
You may be right.
I got useful suggestions for flat bar width in the Touring forum. The bike (2010 Salsa Casseroll) is kind of a light-tourer, anyway. Somewhat along the lines of the All City Space Horse.
Least expensive conversion is to install a mustache bar, allowing you to keep the road levers/brifters. I run my Shimano Tiagra road set on my commuter bike on an Origin8 Tiki mustache bar. Allows me to right fairly upright.