I think I will try out the Biomax bars. I haven't actually built up the bike entirely yet, it is my size, though. My impressions come from another bike with drop bars, which were narrow. I tried the Biomax bars at the LBS the other day and they seem nice. I seem to like bars with the ergonomic "bump" in the drops, the other so-called ergo bars just have a flat section that never seems to be the right size, and my hands would slide down it. The classic bend bars have more hand positions within the drops, for sure, but not really any positions where I can rest my entire hand, aside from the flat part at the bottom of the drops. So the Biomax bars are a compromise, with only one position in the drops, but a very comfortable one.

I'll probably go with a 100mm or 110mm stem, probably 110 as that seems to be standard, and it would put the overall length of the riding position slightly shorter than that on my hybrid bike. I assume that slightly shorter is better, because drop bars would need to be closer than flat bars in order to use the entire bar effectively.

I think my LBS will let me exchange stems if I don't like them, so there is really nothing to lose.

As far as bar height is concerned, my fork, which I got used, has a lot of steerer tube on it, and I can get the tops of the bars around the same height as the saddle, maybe an inch or two lower. Any higher than the saddle, and I think it defeats the purpose of having drops entirely.

Thanks for the help, everyone, the pictures especially were informative and helped me decide to go with drops.