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i got my $350 bikesdirect road bike today and everything on it is workable enough for my use except for the brakes and brake levers; the brakes perform about as well as an old 70s steel tourer in the rain and the rear brake lever is really hard to pull despite how little effect it has
what would be good relatively inexpensive brakes and levers to replace it with? i’d like brakes than aren’t a complete pain in the ass to adjust, get centered, etc. i’d ideally like to spend maybe around $150 for a new brake set and lever set
before someone brings up the point my bike probably isn’t worth putting that much into it, i’m aware. i bought it with the assumption it would be a project bike i’d have to put money into to setup how i’d like; the frame and fork were the main thing i was worried about
