I've never liked this style bar exactly for this reason. To me, for both comfort & aesthetics, a more modern bar like the Soma HWY 1, has the hoods right at the top beginning bend of the drops so that it creates a mostly flat transition from the bar onto the hood.
I've never understood how having your hoods stick straight out halfway down a forward sloping bar is any kind of comfortable - the way it's set up you might as well use bullhorns and actually be more comfortable.