I useto sidehopto my eading foot but after a while I switch it to my right and good points for sidehoping to our other foot that I find is if you don't make it up, I don't hit my chain stay as my pedal lands on the edge instead.
I won't be getting one soon, maybe one day but not yet. However the price tag of 500 is a bit pricey but you have to look at it this way your getting a blu ray dvd player aswell and these dvd players alone cost about 400/500 don't they?
Right well bet off getting a newer/better stem rather than getting rid of the bars. However my mate had a similar stem to yours with ran 28.6 bars but it was a non-branded one.
Bah I'm with BT as well and once i an them up asking about a different package as my dad pays about £30 for it how ever the phone is always higher and they told me that our current deal was unlimited downloads but i don't believe them.