Sammyboy,

Thanks. I really like the bars, too.

I find they are very comfortable, with the inside corner fitting my hands very nicely.

Yes. The mt bike levers have plenty of pull. My road calipers were much improved with the new levers.

I think you could run the brakes on the rearward portion of the bar. You may need to do a little re-engineering. I know I had to hone out the mounting brackets of the brake levers to fit my bar.

I'm going to experiment with dropping the bar lower than I normally would have it with road bars.