But, as you already stated, urban bikes don’t have drop bars. So you don’t have all the stuff. Just imagine the possibilities. Obviously, the bars would need to be a bit wider. There are manufacturers who have been making drop extenders for quite a while. The down side to those is the fact that you can’t quickly access the brakes. All-road bikes have solved that problem.

I will agree that the line between bike categories has been blurred lately. What really matters is if the bike will serve the intended purpose. IMHO, many of these mash up bikes are not great for any one purpose, but they are great at being good at several purposes.