Which way should I go. Can you put aerobars on flat bar? I have several long streches into the wind so I would like to have the aero bars.

Lots of stuff posted already about this issue. Personally, I've been commuting with flatish handlebars for the past 5 years and am going to switch to drops both for aerodynamics and for the wider range of hand positions.

are you talking about that bianchi you posted? imo it would be a travesty to put flat bars on that lovely road bike.

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Thats the bike alright. I'm initally going with the drops since I'm used to them. I just want more maneuverability since I'm around a lot of traffic at times.

if you're going fixed gear have ' em put tha bmx brake lever near the stem, that way you can ride up in traffic and crank on the brake if you need to, but can still stretch out in the drops if you need to get aero

Not fix only single speed. I'm keeping both front and rear brakes.

+1 I love mine!

My commuter was a flat bar road bike for a while. I tried the aerobars to get out of the wind...they do accomplish that, but I don't feel they are a good option around traffic, stop lights, etc. Getting in and out of them could be cumbersome and time consuming.
I then spent considerable time and effort and a bit of money converting to drops. They get you out of the wind too, and I don't find that they're any less maneuvarable. Plus, the multiple hand/back positions keeps me more comfortable on long rides.
For versatility, I can't beat the old drop bar.

Depends on your riding style. Personally, I do some relatively long runs at speed, and deal with a headwind on a regular basis and love the drops. My hybrid is flat bar and I hate them, I can't seem to find a natural feeling hand position. If your riding is more stop-start and slow traffic maybe flats would be better, but to me drops give you everything a flat bar gives you and then some.

I converted my hybrid to drop bars over the winter. Much easier to split lanes with the narrower bars. You may want to add extra bake levers at the bar tops. Manoeuvrability is determined by the steering geometry rather than the bar configuration. You will need 2 or 3 cm longer stem if you change to flat bar.

another vote for drops

drops ... even if you never go on the deep part.

I have found that the gain in manuverability of flat bars does not outweight the comfort I get from dropbars, and I can still manuver reasonably well with the drops.

Drops. If you are regularly riding in the midst of heavy, stop-go, city traffic (not just 'around a lot of traffic at times'), or riding off-road or on Cleveland-style crappy roadss, you might benefit from the extra stability of flat bars.

Not to sound redundant but drops for me as well.

In fact, I recently converted to drops from a lifetime of riding flat bars. When I test rode my bike it was the first time I had ever used drops. It took me about 1 week to get used to them.

Sounds like I'll stick with the drops then. Thats what I'm used to anyway so probably best. Thanks for all the input!

I recently switched to moustache bars from a flat bar and am very happy w/ the change. Multiple hand positions and manuverabilty. I know they are an acquired tatse, but I felt it was a vast improvemnet.

Along similar lines I swapped the drops for bullhorns on the cross bike. They seem to work just as good for commuting. My other 2 road bikes will remain with drops.

Tried a multitude of flat bar options. I have settled on the old Scott AT-3 on one of my cross bikes. I like the hand position they give me......kind of feels like I'm on the bends without having to have a drop bar.
Other than that the other bikes have drops.
One option that might be mentioned is to use a pair of cross brake levers on a drop bar.....it might be a nice option for commuting?

Drops or moustache for a roadbike.

Bullhorn bars or those weird loopy bars for mountain style bikes.

Drops give more usable hand positions....and if you use a dropbar with a trackbar like profile, you have a nice anglular drop that if you can fit it to work, you have many, many degrees of upright and aero.

Maybe it's from all those years of riding motorcycles,but flat bars just don't bother me. My DBX has drops and I hate them because I tend to ride on the uprights and have to reach down to shift.

Moustache vote here.