No they pretty much are.
As for climbing with your bars, it's called leverage.
Actually they are. So good in fact, I put them on my MTB. And ya, that sounds like a good price for the Redline. If you liek the bike, have at it. Just remember, you'll end up paying about as much as the bike for new wheelset. Just have the shop true and tension the stock wheels and change the bars. You should be good to go with that.
The amount of absolute stupidity in this thread worries me.
I have a '06 model 925. It has been a great commuter, but the stock parts have started to go. If you are going to replace something right away, I would do the cranks. The stock wheels are actually very solid once they have been tensioned properly.
I also agree with this. The seat is also not the best so you might want to change that out, yet thats usually a given.