Thanks for posting back rpc180.
To anyone else interested, I ended up having problems getting the 018's. I wanted 40cm but I could only locate the heat-treated version in that size ($90) and that was going to be a while until I could get them.
So I found an LBS w/ Profile Stoker26 bars in a 40cm.
So far so good. They have a 26mm OD the whole length (no bulge center) so I had to get a large set of cross levers. (I'm running front/rear cross levers and a front TT lever)