I still have them and find them useful for giving me more positions to rest my hands. Yeti was in town this weekend for demos (I drank the 29er koolaid and now have to find a way to get Big Top) and after riding all weekend without I have to say I didn't miss them for the climbing since the bars are wider now, but my hands did get tired and I missed the extra hand positions. My friend from the lbs suggested the Ergon grips to help with that.