Originally Posted by
TireLever-07
For drop bar brake levers everyone says to put a straightedge along the bottom of the drops. The tip of the levers should just touch the straightedge. Chris
That used to be the case but a lot of newer bars are shaped so the brifters or brake levers are positioned significantly above the straight line from the drops. I do what JohnDThompson recommended. I lay a straight edge along the tops of the hoods and set the brifters so the straightedge is parallel with the bar tops.