The brake pad and shoe material take time to bed in. The PBR pads I
put in had a procedure for this.  From their website:

http://www.pbrbrakes.com/html/products/friction/breakin_procedures.htm

this is just an example. YMMV ?    ;)

On 10/26/14, Dan Barrett <dbx@pobox.com> wrote:

> (1) the brakes are slightly softer than I remember.  I've bled
>      them a couple of times, and the parking brake is dialed
>      in perfectly as far as I can tell.  The brakes do not get
>      firmer with pumping, they just bite slightly farther down the
>      pedal travel than I'd like.  What have I done wrong?

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