‘up a bit from comfy’ – is as close as i can get without a protractor…
this reduces arm/wrist pump on long descents*, alpine stuff and the like.
i know i’m only in the alps for a couple of weeks a year, but i guess that it helps if i’m used to it.
(*if your brake levers are in line with your wrists, then your hands will be in line with your wrists when you’re braking. in this position you are only supporting your weight on your thumb – this requires lots of grip = arm/wrist pump.
raising your brake levers a bit will mean you drop the ‘heels’ of your hands to get to the brake levers – you’re now supporting your weight across the full palm of your hand)
i confess i tried this after i heard rob warner mention it, i usually dismiss him as an entertaining pillock, so i was slightly annoyed to find it worked!