Almost ready for the not, brake pedal?

[biffa75]

Hi all,

Been busy over the past week or so (on and off).
New upper rear arms (courtesy of dmgrs)
Rear springs,
New copper brake lines from abs module to rear Flexi hoses
New drivers side lower arm and bush
New MAF sensor
New mintex discs and pads all round
Cavity wax injected in sills, inside new rear upper arms, jacking points and inside the doors
Wheel arches and underside cleaned dried and waxoyled with two coats.
Brake fluid flushed (old fluid was rather dark looking). (Hoping this may just cure my weird abs fault warning that flashes up for a second in heavy rain).

The mot runs out tonight at midnight so took it out for a short drive and noticed the brake pedal is firm, so want to ask others after fitting new brakes and fluid etc how they "should feel".

Driving along - near the top of the brake pedal travel, the brakes begin to slow the car down very slightly. Apply a little more force and the brake pedal becomes quite firm but still slows the car (feel quite wooden when applying force).
Abs works fine at different speeds, stops straight etc). Is this how they should be?
The brake begin to act almost as soon as you apply light pressure to the pedal with no real pressure from your foot but anything after this require quite a bit more pressure and as I say, feel wooden.

Thanks
Rob