To keep it a little on-topic, Harris/Sheldon was selling San Joses redone with 8 speed internal hubs for a while. Interesting concept, also interesting was the choice of Sun CR18 rims, which apparently are pretty good eyeletted road/touring rims. Surprising, because you can get them on 36h formulas for $145 shipped from the my favorite wheel guys, bicyclewheels.com. Seems like a really good option for a kind of heavy but f*ck-all burly street wheelset, like a deep V but not blingy and not as likely to get you killed in a crosswind.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/b...os8/index.html
http://shop.greatdealsonbikes.com/me...tegory_Code=TR

Also, I really don't think too many pros are riding traditional bend drop bars, but maybe I never looked.