Originally Posted by Mars
That Kona is nice, but the Bianchi is a better choice, I think. The reason is that the drop bars will give you a much better variety of body and hand positions. When you are bucking a strong headwind, you will really be glad for the drops.
I would tend to agree, since my primary commuter has drop bars, but I opted for flat bars on my bad weather commuter because I get better stability and control, especially in the snow. If I had to have only one commuter bike, it would have flat bars. You can always add bar-ends for more hand postions, or even go to butterfly bars.
But considering the OP is in Florida, no snow, no hills, the Castro Valley is probably the better choice after all.
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