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Two symptoms: Almost no braking power and the engagement point seemed way too close to the bars (in the lever's travel). The brakes I have have an engagement point adjuster which does not move the pads but just controls whereabouts in the travel it grabs, I have this adjusted all the way "out" (that is, there should be almost no travel before engagement) but I was still not getting any bite until the lever was just past parallel with the bars.
It all seems to be moot in any case as I've just pulled the pads to have a look at them and they're completely shot: sub 1mm of pad material left on one side and the other is unevenly worn but almost as bad. Have I really gone through a set of pads in just two weekends of riding?