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Personally I like my levers with only a very small amount of pull but I’m sure most people don’t like that.
Given my experience with tendon injuries, coupled with the lack of sufficient adjustment on most brake levers*, I’ve tried to set up new brakes with 1 full turn of the calliper barrel so that I can quickly adjust to a customer’s smaller hand size (also using the reach adjustment bolt). Good results but frowned on by my peers. (Shrug)
*Sold two bikes to a couple where he was 6’ 5” and she was 5’ 4”, massive hand size difference.
Eseman
e. The important part is to pull the lever as hard as yuh can to pre-stretch the cable and compress the outer housing, then the rider can use the barrels to take up the pad wear. Personally I like my levers with only a very small amount of pull but I’m sure most people don’t like that.