Hmm. Spongy is not good. Will you be testing it soon? I wouldn't want to; too cold for me right now. But you're a young pup right? Younger than me at any rate.
Thats sums it up Gary, you are spot on. When Road riding nowadays (both sides of the pond) a lot of slowing down is made by lugging that big lazy engine down and its the brakes emergency stop performance that really matters. The only screen in a car should be a windscreen.I think you guys are right about the length of the arm, considering the balance beam. Still, sponginess is not good. You think it's caused by too much leverage? Maybe Vincent can work that out.
I'm some thousands of miles from any sort of Alps and don't ride all that fast anymore, so not worried about brake fade. My aim is to be able to stop when some idiot texting on his "smart" phone runs a stop sign.