I have those bars (check my sig for a pic of my Trek commuter). I love them. I think you could get your gripshifters to work with them. I don't see why not, although I am using triggers. I have the open end of the bars facing me. I am pretty sure that is the way they were designed to be used, as indicated by the Nashbar logo facing the other way (look at the pic on the Nashbar site...the "N" logos are facing away from the open end of the bars).