When I got my new Sojourn, I could ride in the drops, but it wasn't very comfortable due to gutness. But losing weight took care of that.

I will also mention that the bike shop knew I was 50-ish and had been riding a cruiser, so they flipped the stem to the "up" position, left the spacers in- in other words, they set the bike up with the handlebars as high as could be easily done.