Originally Posted by geezerwheels

in the interests of closure, here is my solution: Sparrow bars, by Soma. More aggressive than riding on the hoods; less aggressive than riding in the drops. Less variety of positions, for relief on long rides; less potential to tuck in out of the wind. Eventually I may swap the XC shifter and RD to Ultegra, but it actually works very nice, if not as quiet.

But for me, with some gnarly cervical vertibrae, that can cause my arms to go numb when I really tuck in, a very comfortable compromise.