Originally Posted by
oldbobcat
Tilting the bar up can render the drops unusable. The hands will tend to slide off the bar ends. The default position for dual-control levers is dead-level, but if tilting them up a little works for you, by all means do it. After tilting, however, you might find the levers out of reach from the drops. Most brands and models allow reach adjustment. Be sure to take advantage of this.
Just curious how you reason that.
Until the drops are almost vertical or beyond and starting to point forward, I don't see how the cyclist's body will be in a position to simply slide off the bar ends. I'm thinking the OP is talking about something less than horizontal. Maybe 45° to the horizontal at the most. Shouldn't be a issue at all.
Now if you don't like the looks of drop bars with the drops angled down, I might could understand. I don't like road bikes having stems that angle up. I'm indifferent about the drop angle though.