Not only they are ugly...
but my hands can never get comfortable with the shifters, especially how the hydraulic hose comes out where my thumb normally rests when in the hoods. They whole thing is just very bulky with a lot of hard stuff jutting out that no amount of good bar tape wrapping can smooth out the lumps and bumps. BTW, I am talking about mechanical Dura Ace/Ultegra hydraulic shifters. The Di2 gets a little better in terms of size, but the hose exit is still an issue.
SRAM's are much better except I am not a fan of their fluids.
but my hands can never get comfortable with the shifters, especially how the hydraulic hose comes out where my thumb normally rests when in the hoods. They whole thing is just very bulky with a lot of hard stuff jutting out that no amount of good bar tape wrapping can smooth out the lumps and bumps. BTW, I am talking about mechanical Dura Ace/Ultegra hydraulic shifters. The Di2 gets a little better in terms of size, but the hose exit is still an issue.
SRAM's are much better except I am not a fan of their fluids.