Road bike brake lever position

[Frankenorange]

That thigh muscle!

 

[mattsccm]

Traditionally we had the lower part of the bar horizontal or maybe just a tiny drop at the rear. Brake levers sat so that the tip was level with the bar or maybe a touch higher. If both bar and lever were level a straight edge sorted you out. Like many things , nowadays people compromise with what was done in the past and what suits them today.