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Re: brake lever excessive travel



Big Ditto. I had the brake thing going on too. New tires went on and 
man it feels like new brakes. Must be something in the calipers. I'd 
sure like to keep the brakes the way they are!

Erik

>
>After reading the info on the T5 site I don't think it is air in the
>system. I just recently put a new front tire on and while reinstalling the
>wheel I accidentaly  hit the brakes before attaching the calipers. So I had
>to pry the pads apart to get them back over the discs. After squeezing them
>a few times to seat them I went for a ride, and the first time I hit the
>brakes, I too felt like I could have done an unintentional stoppie. So
>before going to the trouble of bleeding the brakes, I'd try just pumping
>them to the stop a couple of times or removing the calipers and pushing the
>pads back in a bit.
>
>This weekend I'm putting on my Gen-Mar risers so I'll have to bleed the
>brakes anyways, but that's another story.
>
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