They are brake levers…end of story. I cant tell my current SRAM carbon from my former cheap Dia Comp. If they have a return spring and dont have levers like the blades of knives…you are set. If you want performance from a brake lever on a tri bike you are really barking up the wrong tree. I have ridden them all and none have the same tactile feel of the Ergo/STI levers that the calipers were designed to work with. Then again, in tri you are not often in a pack trying to feather off a small bit of speed in a pack (unless your racing in Flordia). At the end of the day - get what looks good.