I found mine a bit meh until I fitted compressionless housing,
Already go that. Bike came with it (See OP)
Someone talked about the inner routing to the clamp on the caliber, but maybe that was you…
It was me. That improved the feel (Very wooden with the cable in the wrong place…) and helped a bit with the power, but not much to be fair.
Yes but overkill for most application
I’ve never found any brake to be overkill. Not ever.
If the pads have lasted 900 miles, maybe they’re glazed?
Including 300 miles round Belgium…! I might have braked twice in 5 days! 😉
I use it for commuting, there’s not much braking involved but I do go down one big hill and there’s cars about…. I had a knock the other day when I simply couldn’t stop even though I’d seen the car pull out in front of me. On my Inbred tourer with Deore hydraulics I’d have stopped with room to spare. They’re so bad I don’t think they’re safe TBH.
I can lock the rear if I pull really hard, but not the front. I’m gonna try a bigger disc up front and a change of pads I think
To be fair, I’m not a lightweight, and nor is the bike… Plus it’s always got one pannier full at least on it. But I’ve used BB5s and I can pull stoppies on them, and the cheap Shimano callipers are great too, as are Hayes cable discs.