Appreciate the input, to answer a few issues...

I mostly want more hand positions. I’m pretty tall, and could use to stretch forward more and move around on longer rides, but I’ll measure things up when I’m home to see what might work. Also on our last ride we just got stopped cold into a headwind, and I was really wanting drops, the flat bar flat out sucks in wind!

I could sell the bike, but it’s not much for a bar, Microshift R8’s and the travel agents. Way less than another bike, which for me would be almost impossible to find a suitable replacement anyway right now. The bike fits me perfectly, and I’ll check the bar ergos before I swap it up. If it sucks I could change it back as well.

Shifter cable pull, I’m not sure there’s a difference for road/mtn, I thought the indexing was just a function of the cog, ring and chain sizes, 8sp etc? Could be wrong though, anyone know if there’s any difference? MicroShift says Shimano compatible, but doesn’t address road vs mtn...