Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Did you not read the original post, there was no mention of road anything just a Sora brake lever. If I were thinking of a brake lever of that era it would be a brake lever not an STI lever or "brifter" as some people call it. Plus the OP mentions a barrel adjuster which is not present on that era of Sora STI levers but is present on the brake levers for flat bars which is why the comments were given. We are not all magical mind readers and cannot see things that aren't there and so we go with the information given.
However the rest of your advice is fine and it would have made sense to just lead with that.
Did you not read the OP, clearly written by someone who doesn't know all the lingo? Someone new to the forum? Someone who doesn't need to be made to feel stupid because he didn't ask the question just right?
"Hey, is this a drop by shifter/lever or something else?" That's how you help someone.