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[Closed] STI braking - dead travel / "play" - help my road brake work!

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I'm running some 105 5800 STI shifters with Avid BB7 SL calipers.

Since fitting them 4 months ago, my front brake lever seems to have around 3mm of dead travel / "play", before it starts pulling the cable.

I presumed this was to do with not having a squarely cut outer cable meeting the STI body, but my best efforts haven't resolved this.

Any tips? Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 29/04/2016 8:16 pm
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Preload the arm on the BB7 slightly when fitting the cable.


 
Posted : 29/04/2016 8:17 pm