Making Some Changes

bicycle mechanics are an odd lot. They have very specific ideas about what they want in a bike, what is good and what is not, and what they will ride themselves. They like real steel, Brooks saddles, and friction shifters. More often than not, they will attempt to arrive at cycling nirvana: The Bicycle That Does Everything.
This is my (latest) attempt:

This is my Surly Pacer. You can read about it here. My setup is a little vintage, a good bit practical and very capable. The wheels are cyclocross inspired, w/ a vintage black Deore XT front hub, and a parralax Deore LX rear hub that was rescued from the recycle bin. Same for the rear derailluer. Rims are Salsa Delgado X, spokes are DT, XL15 IIRC. I built them myself some years ago.
Crank is Campagnolo Veloce, front derailluer is a Suntour Cyclone. Suntour always made the best front changers I don't care what you say. Brakes are Campagnolo something; they are the same shape as the original Chrorus binders from the early '90's, but tricled down to a lower price point. They look cool.
Now for the changes. The handlebar in the picture is a Nitto Mustache, the original one that was spec'd for Bridgestone back in the day. Well, it has to go. I really like the IDEA of the non-standard bar choice, but my hands just aren't lovin it no more. I'm getting a pretty sever pain in my palms from riding lately, so instead of stopping riding, I'm going to try some different things. First try will be a straight bar. I have a vintage early '90's Answer Hyperlite bar that I ran on some mountain bikes back in the day. I ordered some Paul's Thumbies from Genesis Bicycles so I can run my Shimano bar end shifters on the straight bar, and some basic Shimano brake levers.
I might have to get a longer stem, since the Salsa I'm running w/ the Mustache is only a 9cm. But you have to start somewhere.