Originally Posted by
KerryIrons
The general guidance for brake lever placement on drop bars is that the tip of the lever should just touch a straight edge that is on the underside of the lowest section of the bars. Think of a line projected forward from the underside of the "drops" part of the bar and the tip of the brake lever just touching that line.
This is a known guidance for most of the seasoned dropbar users, but why (without customer input) would the LBS not have it like so before handing off the assembled bicycle?