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Are they 26.0 compact bars? Try and get the fronts of the levers at 90 degrees to the floor. That's a reasonable rule of thumb...
So if you rotate the levers forwards, the transition from bar tops to hood will be flatter and the levers themselves will point more down than in front of your bike.