Originally Posted by scrublover

IMO, the upward and backward sweep and the final placement of your hands on the bars is more important to the overall handling and comfort than the grips.

From there, it's personal preference combined with hand size, if you want bar ends or not, bar width, any particular anatomical or physical issues...

Way too much to it than to just say particular grips are going to do one thing vs. another for your control.

ODI lock ons FTW. You can try several different grip inserts to see what works for you, just swapping them out when you feel like. No muss, no fuss.