They work just fine and I use them myself. I'm only 6'0 but I ride with 2 cats that are even taller than the both of you and they have no issues with them.
Although when learning to stand people make the mistake of standing straight up and not in the "attack" position. Your knees should be bent aggresively basically keep your butt just about 5 inches from the seat and your arms should be bent at the elbow almost a 45 degree angle. Otherwise just standing makes you very top heavy and gives you little room to move with the bike when things go wrong. Try the rises on the bar and get that attack stance down, the rest is butter. Good luck with it! - Josh
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