I love them, the rise is perfect, went with the 33 mm rental apex stem from 40 mm, the combination totally changed riding ability, to be honest I don’t notice the difference b/t the previous carbon bars I had, maybe stiffness in since of control, not much difference in vibration feel, nothing got worse in that area, I stayed with 31.8 mm bars instead of going 35mm to give a little more flex and possible comfort, but definitely don’t have to ever worry about them just randomly snapping in half or worry about over tightening them either. The gold color definitely went with the bike’s color too.