I'll keep you informed- from a design point of view the levers are better than the hope in that there's a screw in valve to fill the resevoir- you don't have to remove the top/cover every time. I'd imagine they will work just as well- I don't get as much bite as on the avids I have (with the hopes) but they do the job fine. I just like that they are a big hunk of metal and British if I'm honest! The giant's are one of those things- the callipers are almost identical.