Yeah, they're not so crazy. I've now got Ergon grips and aerobars so I'll be running it 'as is' for AMR and basically seeing what happens. I'm more worried about my knee giving me grief but sore hands is a common theme on dirt ultras so I'm sure I'll have some issues (if I make it past day 1)
It would complete the transformation of 'nice looking hardtail' to 'fucking horrid dadbike cruiser shitbox'