Originally Posted by
wgscott
Everything is brand new, and pre-bled (and not squishy, leaky, etc). More likely the pads aren't yet bedded in properly (or could have got contaminated, but I saw no evidence of this).
Oh, that's interesting. Pad contamination is not always visible though.
The system is pretty simple, right? You can see whether the pads are being squeezed against the rotor. If that part is working, then the problem is either pad or rotor. A rotor you can hit with brake cleaner, and pads I just replace. I don't use any of the whacky methods for decontaminating.
But the bike is now. So maybe like you say, just ride it for a while and see whether things even out.