Based on my experience going from Code R to RSC, you should find what you're looking for with the new levers. I had the same complaints and they were resolved. I get the impression SRAM designs calipers with a lot of pad rollback for clearance, then bandaids that with swinglink. Cheaper levers obviously get the swinglink removed, but the calipers are unchanged, so the resulting system is shitty by design.
As for the contact point adjuster, I just set them to the shortest throw possible and haven't touched the dials since. If you disregard SRAM's recommended bleed procedure, you can use them to get an overbleed. YMMV on that.
March 17, 2022, 6:35 p.m. - cheapondirt
Based on my experience going from Code R to RSC, you should find what you're looking for with the new levers. I had the same complaints and they were resolved. I get the impression SRAM designs calipers with a lot of pad rollback for clearance, then bandaids that with swinglink. Cheaper levers obviously get the swinglink removed, but the calipers are unchanged, so the resulting system is shitty by design. As for the contact point adjuster, I just set them to the shortest throw possible and haven't touched the dials since. If you disregard SRAM's recommended bleed procedure, you can use them to get an overbleed. YMMV on that.