If you run these bars in the intended direction, are you stuck having the brake levers in the close position? I think I'd like riding with my hands out on the front portions, but I'd want my brakes right there.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel weird/unsafe riding with my hands away from the brake levers... kind of like riding a car with no seatbelt. I always set up my bars to have the brake levers easily available in my favorite hand position.