Warning: a customer told me my brake lever angle was off and now I measure it at every tune-up

Cole Murray · 2026-10-29T06:00:05.367078+00:00

I set a guy's lever angle too flat on a Tuesday tune-up and he came back two days later saying his wrist hurt on long descents, so now I check for a roughly 45 degree drop with a small level instead of eyeballing it. It felt like nitpicking at the time but he was right, and the flat angle was forcing his hand to bend up at the wrist. How do you all set lever angle for riders who never complain until their hands start hurting?

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