Shimano 105 brake bleed questions
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Newbie
I have had Ultegra shifters with free-stroke adjustment and 105 shifters without the adjustment. I found that the free stroke adjustment was very subtle. So subtle in fact that I could not really tell the difference between the screw all the way in and all the way out. If the brake lever has excessively long stroke before the pads bite, it is a bleed issue, not a lever issue.....according to my experience.