I never said that I thought the drops were too low. They just feel weird and uncomfortable to me, but I think that a huge part of that is just my lack of familiarity with them. I am looking forward to trying them with a slightly longer stem. edit: Sorry JeffS, you probably weren't talking about me in particular.

I just cut down some swept flat bars to 50cm and put them on this arvo. The bike instantly felt frikking awesome to me, as I knew it would since I've been riding a flat bar road bike in the city for quite some time before getting the fixie. Nimble, agro and ready for traffic. I'll be taking it out for a courier road test tomorrow, which should be fun.

Thanks for all of the helpful input on this topic.