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@hazzelfrazzel
It's definitely an issue. For a while now I've been tracking the distance saddle between nose and what I call the "hood outside crook". Basically, the outside of where my finger/thumb junction will fall when riding on the hoods.
The problem is, there isn't a very consistent way to measure it between groupsets, so it's not as objective a measure as BB centre to saddle top, or saddle setback, for example. Not all levers have a completely flat bit followed by a pointing up bit where it's clear exactly where your hand will always rest.
Longest lever reach I have is the Shimano RS505, followed by SRAM rival, and then all the rest of my Shimano stuff is a long way behind that. All of them look shorter than that new SRAM Red. I've used shorter stems than usual where the lever reach is longer, but that also has an impact on other things.
Can we pls make a petition to standardise lever reach? 😉