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Yes, the return is fine. Also, it's been like this since new. Is it normal that they work better / worse with different reach positions? When I put the lever in the most extreme position (away from bars) it even puts the pistons out so much that brake pads clamp the rotor. On another bike i have campa record, don't think brake performance is affected when changing reach.
@snottyotter seriously considering that tbh if I cant solve this
Flandria-
Is it normal that they work better / worse with different reach positions?
Yes, because you need the piston to push x volume of fluid, but you've only got a finite space to do this before the lever hits the bar. Wind the reach in, the lever contacts the bar before the piston has pushed enough fluid.
What you want is bite point control, which Rival don't have. Then you'd can balance reach and bite point.All this is irrelevant though, as they shift gears so badly that you won't be going fast enough to ever require the brakes anyway...
TooTallTim
Are the levers returning properly? I recently replaced the master cylinder pistons in mine and the new spring was a bit longer than the old one, whether it had just got really compressed or if it had been updated, who knows. They work a shit load better now. They do simply work much better with the reach wind out a long way, because physics.
I also got rid of the Rival calipers and put Hopes on instead.