Each of the suggestions above make good sense, sounds like it'll be your personnel experiance helping you decide. If you'd like to try the bar end feel with your drops just slide the brake levers up higher, then rotate the handlebars up slightly. Refer to my Trek 520.
This is what I tour with & how I commute.
Last edited by Rogerinchrist; 09-24-04 at 04:37 PM.