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Skant-
No, just the climbing buttons. Like you, in cross races I'm on the hoods most of the time so didn't feel the need for additional shifters. That said, I have climbing buttons in each shifter and, as it's a single ring set up, I've set them up so both right hand buttons shift up a gear and both left buttons change down.
I started with a single button, but in the heat of a cross race, when you're going cross-eyed from the effort, working out which button to press to change gear was challenging.
andyp
I've had this setup on a cross bike for the past few years and really rate it. Shifting has been absolutely flawless and the Hylex brakes require minimal maintenance, just the odd sticky piston which is easily resolved.