Originally Posted by
Kapusta
Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but one inexpensive upgrade would be compressionless brake cable housing if your bike does not already use that.
it may mean re-taping your bars, so it may or may not be worth the hassle right now.
I’m a new rider so I did have my lbs take care of that. They ended up charging $70 including adjusting the brakes and truing my rotors. It’s something I hope to learn to do myself in the future. How often does cable housing need to be changed?