Hey i recently rode a friends bike and he has the same avid mechanical disc brakes as me, but his levers are so much easier to pull than mine. I am able to use one finger and it feels like a hydralic brake. So needless to say my brakes dont work this well and i cant figure out why. At first i thought it was the cable/housing. i was using the Avid full metal jacket system with regular brake cable. Today i replaced the housing/cable with avid Flak Jacket with the nylon coated cable and im still having the same issue, i have to use atleast 2 fingers pull the lever.

So i reluctanly took the caliper apart( i remember it being a little difficult to get back togather) and to me it seems like the spring is a little on the strong side and may be the reason it is so difficult to apply the brakes. Anyway is there a way that i can get a more hydralic feel from these mechanical disc brakes?

Also i am having the same issue with both front and rear brakes and they are both different years. i think one is 2003 and one is 2002.

Thanks,
Karl