Originally Posted by
Chuck M
Is the shop you took it to for this service an authorized Trek dealer? If it is, do as suggested and contact Trek customer service.
I don't want to get anyone in trouble, especially since they broke the rules for me to acquire this bike.
Originally Posted by
Steve B.
I have recent 105 hydros on my Topstone gravel bike and have the same experience in that it feels like the levers will hit the bars. I did a bleed, didn't improve. A year and change later with may rides in steep downhills I realized they just have a lot of (unexpected) travel and that otherwise the bike stops just fine. I stopped woryying about it.
This is exactly what I was thinking: maybe hydraulic brakes are just like this because there's significantly more clamping force, and therefore it requires more lever travel for better modulation. It's also likely that the air bubbles eventually made their way to the top.