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Same reason everybody who bought cross top levers for their intended purpose would - so you have access to the brakes regardless of where you're holding the bars. The suggestion is far from bizarre, your incredulity is what's bizarre here. For the sake of a couple of hundred grams and about twenty quid, why would you* not *want several additional riding positions?