On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 12:35:34 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:

A lever is never supposed to bottom out before the brake force on
respective wheel is maxed. If it did then he'd have faulty brakes and I
am sure he'd not have posted this. The guys look like serious cyclists
who know this.

How old are you again Joerg? With even the old Campy brakes it was possible to bottom out the levers often without locking the wheels.