Commuter w/ factory swept back handlebars
 

I really want handlebars with hands in a natural position like the North Road bars, moustache bars, or the old swept back types found on Raliegh 3-speeds, but not swept way back like beach cruiser types.

The new 2007 Jamis Commuters are apparently factory equipping this model with these bars, but won't be in stores until late November or December. Naturally I thought it would be easier to select the right bike and then put whatever bars I wanted afterwards but I'm told it's not always that easy when placing grips, shifters, cable lengths, shims for wrong diameters, changing the stem, etc.

Any ideas along the lines of the Jamis Commuter, preferrably with 700 wheels?

It's really easy to move around the grips, shifters, swapping out stems, etc. I did it countless times with my bike trying to get the setup I wanted. When you do replace cables/housing just leave them long enough so you have room to make adjustments. Once you have everything where you want it, trim the cables/housing to length and you're good to go.

As far as the stems, most north road style bars use a 25.4 stem diameter, if you have a 26.0 stem, use a beer can to make a shim or just buy a stem w/the right diameter.

BTW, I highly recommend the Nitto albatross bars. I have these on my rockhopper and really, really like them.

i just changed my bars for wald touring bars (#8095, which are $16.33 inc shipping on amazon, through bikeparts USA), and they're awesome. they're shiny steel northroads-style bars and i hear that you can use bar-end shifters with them. i rode with them today and the numbness in my hands is totally gone, although my wrists still hurt a lot so i still need to work on the problem. if you get an upright-style bike these bars should probably work, because they're made for that style of modern bike.

anyway, the cables on my bike are too short to let me keep the quill stem up as high as i had it before, so now i have to get new cables if i want to lift the bars up. i bet you could get a shop to swap the bars or use bars that you buy, and cut the cables to fit (or add shims) when they're assembling the bike, so you don't have to mess with it later. then you don't have to pick a bike based on the handlebars; you can pick it by fit. if i'd gotten a bike that fit properly to begin with i might not have had to mess with all of this crap in the first place.

edit: oh and the length of the "grip" area on the north roads bars is pretty long, so you will probably be able to fit all of your shifters, brakes, grips on the bar without too much trouble. if it won't work, you're out $16 or so bucks (depending on the bars you choose), and you can always resell them :) i'm not a mechanic or anything and i replaced mine without too much trouble. i did it last night and rode the bike today.

ps: sorry, i don't know of any bikes like the ones you're asking about!

The Redline 9-2-5, a SS/FG flip-flop hub bike, comes with moustache handlebars stock.