Originally Posted by Fiery

I would argue that they work much better than the old brake lever hoods. The shape of the ramps didn't matter nearly as much with old, tiny hoods because it was impossible to get a flat transition with them no matter what the shape of the bar. It's only with the improved ergonomics of modern hood shapes that optimising the bar to hood transition became a thing. But even when you put them on a classic bar, modern hoos are still far more comfortable than the old ones in my opinion. In fact, I find that some of the super long modern hood shapes make the bar shape pretty much irrelevant, as the hand barely even touches the bar when on hoods.