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I didn't like them to begin with, and they did rip my skin off. But few thousand hours on them am fine no gloves and don't notice the ridge.
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i saw someone on insta using a stanley knife to just cut down the ridges a bit
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As Hippy said, I too had your same thoughts at the beginning. I don't really notice them anymore recently. I ride gloveless as soon as it warmer than 10 degrees, all offroad. They do rip my skin off a bit in the first long rides after winter when the hads come out of the gloves, but after that I don't have issues generally. Still believe Ultegra R8000 are better.
tl;dr: The hoods are specific for those levers and you can't replace them easily, get used to them, they are useless, but there they are. Also, on ultras I am sure you have more hand positions in mind anyway.
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So I got GRX Shifters instead of ultegra as the consensus was that the shape was nicer.
I think the shape is good, but what I don't like, and didn't expect, is the ridges on the hood rubbers. I can see them being ideal for extra grip on day rides off road where you're wearing gloves, but my plan is to use them on ultra races where I mostly don't wear gloves and am a bit worried about them ripping my skin off after a few days.
Someone said that there are aftermarket replacements but I haven't been able find any non shimano ones. I'm going there might be smooth ones that would fit, anyone know of any?