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Definitely order what you want now. The pleasure of owning will last far long than the pain of the additional purchase cost.
The M-type or S-type dilemma will last as long as they make the bikes that way. It’s really 50/50. Some days I want to sit up, others I want to lean forwards and get on with it. Ultimately I dropped the M bars down with some aftermarket replacements, which I suppose answers the question for me at least. The flat bars look brilliant, I just find the S slightly too narrow for comfort (at speed, or one-handed when signalling).
I think if anything needs rethinking and refining it would be the handlebar/stem options. I appreciate it’s a set of sub-optimal, one size fits all solutions balancing weight and function but I don’t think handlebar placement has had the development attention it’s deserved. It’s one area of the bike you don’t look at and think “that’s clever”.