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Setting your brake levers up is vital (BikeRadar)
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This week's selected video is taken from the Maintenance section of the player, and is a useful guide on setting your brake levers up properly. For example, if your levers are set too far away from your bars, you're likely to suffer finger/forearm fatigue when braking on long descents. There's loads of other bike maintenance help on the player too.
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kutyafal
Posted Fri 5 Sep, 1:57 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
I think this issue might not be as clear cut. I'd say for someone who mostly rides on level surfaces the suggested setting would be perfect.
However I found that for technical downhill trails where you tend to drop behind the seat for stability the more upright brake lever position is necessary since the bike (and the brake lever) is already rotated forward more than usual compared to your body and it would be even harder to reach the lever in the suggested position.
As in many cases this will be a compromise in which I would err on the side of covering the more difficult part of the ride safely with the setup.
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