I think the narrow grip is what felt sort of weird to me at first.
well you dont have to hold your fingers always over the brake levers ,
mounted towards the rear center.
use the sides , I'm usually on the forward 10 and 2 position..
a reach like I had when the hands were on my Brake hoods on my drop bars.
only shift my hands back to reach the brakes occasionally, not going fast anyhow..