wardie Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 i was wandering if braided hoseing was worth buying e.g. does it last longer etc cheers sam (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilky_mod_legend2 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Well i would not bother, sounds pickie but there heavy, and there nothing wrong with normall hoses, the last ages. Hope this helped Tom (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson_26_ Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Too heavy, stick to your others they'll last long enough.(Y) Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Weight is a mear issue boys It'll imporve you breaking laods and loads. Disc a full on soild feel is achived and once bleed right wow! Mags yeah i gotten good resutls and thats been with maggy stuff..hope stuff is ment to tbe the dady for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Its a bit of an effort, if stem snapps, bar snap, forks snapp on top of your worrys you have a £35 loss on you hands instead of £6 so i say stick with the normal plastic hosing its fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 I wouldnt run anything but braided hose. The only stuff worth getting though is maggies own brand. Its actually lighter than normal hose and you never have to worry about your bars spinning and snapping the hose. Its mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardie Posted October 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 cheers for all the advice guy. i think i'll stick with the plastic ones for now as braided ones are a bit price cheers sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 braided hoses arnt really designed to last longer they actually reduce expansion i think in the hose to increase the braking performance. they must be proven to work as they are very popular in the car scene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshywa Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 what ever you do dont get hope braided hoses they're crap :- my mate had it on this mono mini and is popped off 1 min into its first ride! Go for goodrige or maggura plus (sorry about this its a bit :P ) what fittings do you use to fit braided hoses, ive heard you have to use hayes ones is this true ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 what ever you do dont get hope braided hoses they're crap :- my mate had it on this mono mini and is popped off 1 min into its first ride! Go for goodrige or maggura plus (sorry about this its a bit :P ) what fittings do you use to fit braided hoses, ive heard you have to use hayes ones is this true ? I very much doubt Hope would release a product that fails after 1 minute. I suspect it was fitted incorrectly and is a bad example to base an opinion on. There is a topic in Trials Chat about the different braided hosing - use the search. There's been plenty of topics in the past about the pro's/cons and I'm not about to write them all out for you. As for expansion in the hoses - I think the difference is negligable on a trials bike. The pressures are much less than in a (generally servo/vacuum-assisted) car system. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Well i have burst god knows how manny crossovers once it happens again im sticking my braided on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picki Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 the goodridge braided hose kit DOES NOT come with a corssover, however, you have loads of hose left to make one yourself. i had to make one...if you want a pic let me know. as for the hose itself: the goodridge/unex/hope stuff (all made by the same company i thinks) has a smaller bore diameter, and with the full system (inc. crossover) can cause the pistons to return more slowly wehn bled with normal maggy fluid. ive now bled mine with WD40, and its soo much better. not sure about the maggy braided hose...im sure that comes with the crossover..not 100% though! cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshywa Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 I suspect it was fitted incorrectly and is a bad example to base an opinion on. fraid not... i was there in the bike shop when he did it (he works there) and it was fine for 1 lever pull then the lever just kept pulling back to the bars until it didnt brake anymore when you pulled the lever. To be honest it was probably a defect but i still dont trust it !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeymoped Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 (Y) go with goodridge or hope braided hoses as normal hoses are braided on the inside anyway, the goodridge and hope ones are i suppose the best hoses money can buy at the moment and can't be that heavy as xc and d/h and 4x riders use them :P :P :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pashley pro Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 ive got a brand new UNEX braided hose ill sell for £10 not even been fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 go for braided... one thing i notice about maguras... when ever you fall off aquard, the magura hose gets split... and at £4-£6 a time, it wont be too long till you are upto the price of a braided set. i have braided (hope) hose on my maggy and it feels more solid, better braking power and they dont ever brake..! i think if your stem snapped, the most damage it could do to a braided line, is pull the hose out of the connector and brake the olive.... which is cheaper to repair than buying a new std maggy hose. oh, and whinig over a couple of grams of weight... (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangezero Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Well i would not bother, sounds pickie but there heavy, and there nothing wrong with normall hoses, the last ages. Hope this helped Tom (Y) i agree with this guy, my mate has had his braided hosing for about a year now and his hosing popped off the calliper on the back and near the lever it has started to bend and looks abit f**ked but one of my other mates has had his normal maggie hosing for the same amount of time as my other mate and he hasnt had any problems yet so id say stick with normal hosing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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