okay, you want to ride longish rides. cross check, il pompino (both somewhat upright in geo), salsa casseroll (not a bike i would go for but has calipers of the long reach variety), a surly steamroller would be good, not too agressive, and you can fit a back braek too if you want ss. i will get crucified for this but for road style riding look at langster, pref not the current models, but one from a few years back with decent drop style brakes, or an older model cannondale capo, or even a redline 925. the masis will be great too.