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    Extra pull before brake engages

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    1. Lucky_Measurement_32 on

      There might be some slack in the brake line. There should be a barrel adjuster near where the caliper and brake line meet that you can adjust.

    2. Lazar4Mayor on

      Either slack in the cable, or the housing isn’t fully seated against the lever. There’s a possibility that your caliper isn’t springing back completely too.

    3. jlusedude on

      I’d guess space in the brake cable. Like the housing isn’t seated properly. Or the barrel adjuster was out when installed and then screwed in making the cable lose. 

    5. iBN3qk on

      Do you have a tight bend in the cable housing that is causing the cable to stick?

    6. beardedbusdriver on

      Either a cable isn’t seated properly or that is “deadband”. All brakes have *some* movement before the pad actually touches the braking surface.

    7. garciakevz on

      Make sure the ball end is properly seated in its indentations, then ensure that there’s completely no slack. Most cable mech discs and rims use barrel adjuster. I personally would remove as much slack as possible and then use the barrel as future slack adjustments

    8. Xxmeow123 on

      I had this when the barrel adjuster on the downtube has no longer screwed into the mount. It looked ok, but had come loose within the adjuster

    9. Hagenaar on

      The brake caliper spring doesn’t have enough strength to pull the cable all the way back after you release the lever. Two common reasons:

      The cable is too loose and the brake caliper can’t open any farther.
      There is friction in the brake line. Look for kinks in the cable housing. And old, crudded inner cable can also cause this.

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