Bester, are you by chance a Rebecca?

To increase hand options, I installed Cane Creek ergo bar ends on my hybrid's flat bar a couple months ago. I love them.

For long distance riding I prefer drop bars (with the bars unfashionably high), you get more options that way. The bar ends on the flat bar are a great improvement and I wish I'd done it the day I bought the bike.

To see what these look like, try the Terry site. They're standard on the touring bike--either the Classic or Symmetry, I can never remember which is touring and which is road. I have the Terry hybrid, which came with non-ergo aluminum bar ends (I never used them).

Happy riding!