Whiteboy Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 ok well my cross over died again tonight. bassicly wondering what the unex hosing is like? i would go for a whole set. same power and everything as normal hosing just stronger? is it going to leak? anything else i should know about it? cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 I've not heard *all* that many good things about it. What's happening to the cross-overs? How are they dying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted October 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 only ever killed 2 but they just split just up from here it opushes on the the shroud nut thingy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Just try making them longer :) I did that to one a while back, and I just made a longer cross-over and it reduces the strain on that part of it 'cos there's more slack, so it's not having to bend so soon after leaving the nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted October 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 this one was long long enought to come over the top of my echo booster. if i wanted to to come over of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 The Magura braided hose kit is better. The Unex unions have a small internal diameter, creating a 'bottle neck' at each end of the hose, hence slowing down the movement of oil. You don't really notice when you put the brake on, but often the lever is slow to return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 The Magura braided hose kit is better. The Unex unions have a small internal diameter, creating a 'bottle neck' at each end of the hose, hence slowing down the movement of oil. You don't really notice when you put the brake on, but often the lever is slow to return. :) My Magura braided hosing has lasted over 5 years. The Unex stuff makes the frame feel a bit gash and the return slow. Some people run the goodridge hosing and I believe Hope do a braided hose for Maguras now too. I've no experience with either. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Magura braided hosing. Much much better. Im with jon and snappel for sure. I have had mine for 4 years now. I did have trouble with mine, but only becuase they werent fitted right. They are quite akward to attacth well but once they are they wont be coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 so where can i get just a rear set of the magura stuff? dont really wana pay 300 od quid for a front seat aswell that i wont need. but reliability is the unex hose the same? and when its on the bike can you actually feel it being slow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Really dont buy the univex stuff. It is different. My local bike shop broke up a pack of the magura stuff and just sold me the rear set, so maybe ask yours to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 so where can i get just a rear set of the magura stuff? dont really wana pay 300 od quid for a front seat aswell that i wont need. but reliability is the unex hose the same? and when its on the bike can you actually feel it being slow? It's worth it. You'll notice the unex being slow. A few of the very first sets of Unex hoses had leakage issues, but I've not heard of any in the past year or so. Try: MAGURA BIKE PARTS UK LTD. Telford Way, Stephenson LE67 3HE Coalville, Leicestershire phone: 01530 837195 fax: 01530 811286 service_uk@magura.de to ask if they do a rear only braided kit. I've onlt ever seen them as a complete set. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir trial a lot Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 tartybikes.co.uk do a rear hope braided hose set so you can just un-bolt your old one and bolt on the new one but its a little pricey at £38 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Dale Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 I got the goodridge hosing on mine couldnt be more please fast return feels solid no leaks and looks good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 tartybikes.co.uk do a rear hope braided hose set so you can just un-bolt your old one and bolt on the new one but its a little pricey at £38 :P Yeh, it may be a little pricey, butit is awsome stuff, i got mine last week and i love it, lever feel is nicer than than the standard plastic hosing, and it is very well made. :P Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 I bought a brand new rear magura fitted with unex braided hosing a year and a half ago and it has only split once and that was near the calipers where it had been caught a few times. I would recommend them, even though they are looking worse for wear now but they work, thats all Im bothered about. They have a nice plastic coating too so they dont eat through your frame. Back when I bought them there werent the hope or goodridge ones out, only unex and the shitty magura ones that eat through your frame. Only £15 for one full brake too. Looking at whats available, I would go for hope or the unex ones. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted October 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 so am i really going to notice any differnence in my brake with unex? im not that bothere in if theres more power as long as there no noticable less power. i just wnat more confidence that my hose will not split again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted October 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 bump anyone help. just want a stronger hosey. anyone else have any experiances with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 tartybikes.co.uk do a rear hope braided hose set so you can just un-bolt your old one and bolt on the new one but its a little pricey at £38 :P for that, you may as well go goodridge. well whiteboy. is there anything else on your bike that needs upgrading as braided hosing tends to be one of the last things you put on your bike after its "fully" pimped* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted October 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 its not that i want to "pimp" it just want the extra strength in a house. as long as i lose any noticable power or anything then i sahll get. but want to make sure that the unex isnt going to die. just would prefer braided as it seeems stronger. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 My Unex crossover was wank :P it was really spongey, felt poop at the lever, and made a really slow caliper (this was a good bleed btw) and in the end it split on the corner (out of the braided area, but not leaking, trapped under the plastic see through coating, so it lost loadsa water. steer clear captain :- Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIX Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Can you not work out from this thread NOT to get the univex stuff?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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