I beleive the time for this discussion has passed and I'd be surprised if the OP returns. I also never said I had an opinion on the matter.
However for the OP to be told to just fit proper brake levers and bars by the man who has gone through more diferent set ups in the past 3 years than I have in the past 20 years of riding all manner of bike smacks of hipocrisy to me.
Then to be ridiculed by someone who has recently been pulled up for his attitude, who has also posted a fair amount of dumb questions when he started on here (has been pointed out many times before) also smacks of hypocrisy.
Basicly this thread is UGLY!
^ this. How a thread can degenerate from an innocent question regarding brake levers is quite staggering. Still, this is the interweb...
^ this. How a thread can degenerate from an innocent question regarding brake levers is quite staggering. Still, this is the interweb...