If you do a search, there was at least one guy that posted pictures of his 7.5 with drop handlebars. It is fairly expensive to swap everything.

If money is an issue, I would spend the extra $300 or so and get a Surly Cross check complete or other lower cost cyclocross bike.

I have been putting a lot of miles on my Lemond Poprad, and really like the do-it-all nature of a cyclocross bike.