Bicycle With Hydraulic Disc Brakes - Brakes Lever Travels

OldChestNuts | 00:05 Wed 04th Jan 2023 | How it Works

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I wonder if the brakes lever travel is normal on the rear brakes. When I pull the rear brakes lever, it travels a lot more than the front brakes lever.
If I release the lever and reapply the brake again (pull the lever again), the lever travels reduces. Is this normal.
However, the front brakes have the same travels every time I release and reapply the brakes.

Effectively, the rear brakes is like a car's brakes pedal when you pumping it with the engine off.

As a matter of interest I went to Halfords and tried one of their bike (different brands/bike), the rear brakes behaves the same as mine. So what is the conclusion?

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Thanks for the video. But it doesn't goes into the details of the lever travels.

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Found another video that shows the lever with lots of travel. The problem is low in the hydraulic fluid. Will try and top it up.
https://youtu.be/3Sfv66XhU7k

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