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@AlexB
I use road drops (old Cinelli 66s) with brakes. To get 'round the lower position I'm using a flipped stem to raise the front end a bit. The bike would look better with a quill stem, but then I'd have to raise it about 2" and it would look just as ugly as the A-head stem!
I only have to ride in from South London to South Kensington, so I don't spend much time in dense traffic.
If I was riding in heavy traffic then flat bars would make more sense and to be honest SS would make more sense than fixed if the traffic was really bad (there are just some times when being able to back pedal makes a lot of sense).