Originally Posted by PeopleAreIdiots

Good question! That setup didnt really come about on purpose. The dummy hoods were a chance rescue from my dads old parts bin. I thought they were kinda funky so I slapped them on my stock bars and ended up liking the extra hand position. I was already running the dinky stock bmx lever on the tops before I put the hoods on and I guess I just got used to the setup how it is.

The plan was always to get a set of road drops that are more conducive to having hoods. Like I said in the other post that you mentioned, what Ill most likely do is replace the left dummy hood with a matching lever. I'm diametrically opposed to having a nonfunctional brake lever on my bike (I guess we have to agree to disagree on that one ) So because of that, I figured Id just use a bmx lever setup if I couldn't get my hands on a left SCR-5.

My reasoning for a lever on the tops (or adding a cross lever if I already had an scr-5) if that when I ride in traffic I'm often on the tops for maximum visibility. Its nice to have a lever right on hand in traffic in case somebody cuts me off or opens their car door without looking.

Just had my first ride on it this morning. Glorious.