Quote Originally Posted by buddha_bellies View Post
Congrats! on a new bike...

DH was surprised that you didn't noticed the braking power though. He said, yes there is a burning in phase but you should be able to feel it right away. Was it hydraulic or cable brakes? With his mnt. bike, from day one, the bike shop had warned him to use only one finger to brake because it was that powerful. The burning in phase is really for you to get a feel of the brakes. To this day, he doesn't need to use much effort for the brakes to work. And the only maintence is to bleed out the hydraulic fluid every few years.
They were not hydraulic but mechanical. I think they would have started working better if I had worked them in for a while, but I test-rode the bike for only 10 minutes. The geometry was really not what I was looking for.

Rumour has it that the brake pads have to be changed more often, but that would hang a lot on rider style I think.