Sometime no matter how you position yourself it hurts somewhere. Putting therse pads on the lever transition will always give you a safe zone for comfort. This will always be there until you get the positioning down perfect. Actually long after you do get them down youll be reaching for the levers and smile yes this was well worth it.
These are designed to eliminate feeling the raised brake and shifter cables as well as provide more cushioning on the wrapped bars between and around the hard cable hosuings and they work as designed. A simple design that works!