Newbi - disc brake engagement point

coopertrooper2001

Hi All,

Got my first new MB in 15 years, so has lots of cool toys like disc brakes Have ridden a mates bike with Formula (RX I think) brakes and nearly killed myself. I have Elixir 7's and have followed the bedding in procedure. I dont like how far I have to pull the lever (over half way of the total lever range) before the pad engages. Having consulted the manual, the next model up has an adjuster for this, but mine does not.

Is this normal? Or is it likely they have not been bled correctly at build time?

Thanks very much.

nicklouse

yours should have a reach adjuster. just about every brake lever assy from cantis on have a reach adjust.

http://www.sram.com/avid/products/elixi ... disc-brake

http://cdn.sram.com/cdn/farfuture/cVeW4 ... r_code.pdf

page 7

coopertrooper2001

Yeah it has reach adjust which I played about with, but the travel before engagement still seems excessive (compared with my old v-brakes).

Chunkers1980

Do they work better though!

nicklouse

coopertrooper2001 wrote:

Yeah it has reach adjust which I played about with, but the travel before engagement still seems excessive (compared with my old v-brakes).

and as they bed in the pad travel will reduce. set your reach and use.

YeehaaMcgee

coopertrooper2001 wrote:

I have to pull the lever (over half way of the total lever range) before the pad engages.

This is by design. The idea is that the brake lever stays out of the way when you don't need it, but allows you to "cover" the brakes with your finger, at a comfortable grip, without actually applying the brakes. It means you can have one finger on the brakes, and still grip the bars comfortably over tricky technical sections.

coopertrooper2001

Thanks all - I will get using them and get used to the setup