A few newbie Road questions for you…

RRR – I’m 6’2″ and have, ahem, a couple of 58cm roadbikes with 110mm stems………your frame seems a wee bit big, tbh. I had Lugano’s on both bikes, initially and found them OKish. (23’s on the CAAD 10 and 25’s on the alloy Synapse). The CAAD now has Pro 4’s and the Synapse has just had Conti GP’s (Black Chilli) slapped on for winter.
These look good value –
http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/tyres-tubes/road-tyres-tubes/continental-road-tyres/continental-gatorskin-special-edition-25mm-twin-pack.html

my mate had luganos on his caad, punctured on 2nd ride, so he changed them for 25c conti gatorskins, he said it felt like a different bike, they aint a race tyre, not by a good margin, but 5 of us use them and we have had a total of 1 puncture this year.
+1 for handlebars obscuring front hub, if they do, you’re not far away from being right imo.

sets of 25mm conti gatorskins have served me well for many a rough road round my way. i dont feel i need the 28mm ones personally.