As some of you know, a friendly neighborhood craigslister gave me a bike pictured below:


I love it, i'm just starting to use the downtube shifters but it rides nice and is large enough for my 6'2" body.

i liek everythign except the handlebars. they are too low and narrow for me to be comfortable. i know thats how road bikers are supposed to be but i do not like it. I am wonderign what my options are as far as puttign new bars on it that might make my hands be a little higher and a little further apart.

I would also like to re-do the brakes as those old center pulls feel like i'm riding through oatmeal to slow down, i want some serious stoppage when i hit the brakes.

I would like sugestions on what kind of handlebarsi could use to get my body position up and my hands spread a bit wider. i know any mountain bike bar would work but are there any other options that are hybrids between a road bike handlebar and a mountain bike handlebar ?

Handlebars!

Thanks for any/all input.