Elliot Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 (edited) My borther can get cheap braided hose and I'd like to get braided on my maggies, but he needs to know what guage the hose is. Apparently the braided hose comes as -02 or -03 or -04 etc etc. Anyone know the guage that maggies use?>Edit: looking at the hope hose it seems that the crossover is a thicker diameter than the rest of the hose, so I gues it would have a different guage? Edited February 19, 2007 by Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 ring tarty? then order it en mass + make a mint i'd be interested in some... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 ring tarty? then order it en mass + make a mint i'd be interested in some...dont think they'd be particularly keen on it, they sell braided hose themselves after all!I know that the hose my bro can get is not exactly the same (it being car hose), for one it doesnt have a plastic coating over the braiding, so I wanna try it myself and see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 it doesnt have a plastic coating over the braidingbye bye paintwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 bye bye paintwork not too fussed on my second hand echo frame, or my second hand echo forks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 (edited) I doubt tarty would mind. There nice guys and its not like your selling it as competition.I know modern MTB hose is 5mm o.d., but I'm not sure what that would translate to. You might have a job getting the fittings for it, although you may be able to use goodridge or hope fittings for a shimano M525 if both the inside and outside diameters are right.Edit: These are the dimensions of a hope hose, so if you could find some with the same as that then you'd be sett after getting some hope fittings for a shimano M525. As you strip back the plastic when fitting the olives and stuff you'd be fine with a 5mm outside diameter uncoated hose, just watch for cable wear, there's gunna be lots. Edited February 20, 2007 by Dont you Just Hate it When... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 not too fussed on my second hand echo frame, or my second hand echo forks!!well ok...bye bye alu then that constant chaffing wont be good for the frame/forks, make sure you run some sort of protection, maybe heatshrink the hose? or some of those little frame pad protector thingies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 inside and outside diameters are right.inside and outside? I was thinking just pulling off the hosing thats on the brakes now, taking off the barbed fittings and putting them on the new braided hose? Am I missing somthing?those little frame pad protector thingiesnow that sounds like a plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 (edited) So took your advice and spoke to the guys at Tarty. Amongst other things I asked them about fittings, and they said this:All fittings are available separately, however they actually make up around 95% of the price of the hose kits! The fittings for an HS33 brake should actually retail at around £42, so us selling the kit at £38 actually pays you £4 to take hose off our hands... In short, the hose is very cheap (about £2 a metre, if that) but the fittings are the pricey bit.so from that then, getting hold of cheap braided hose seems a bit redundent (although i think I can use it for just the crossovers).hey ho.One thing I would like to do though is start using this with braided hose, and car brake fluid (as viscous as water, no freezing, and no paranoia over corrosion). But how to fit the splitter with braided hose? bit of a mute point anyway cos I'm too skint at the mo to buy braided hose fittings! Edited February 20, 2007 by Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 You can't use DOT fluid with Magura levers or calipers - it kills the seals... I think it'll be very tricky to get braided hose to fit a splitter too unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 You can't use DOT fluid with Magura levers or calipers - it kills the seals... I think it'll be very tricky to get braided hose to fit a splitter too unfortunately.Thanks guys, as helpful as ever!I'll just decide wether I'll run splitter or braided hose. maybe i'll run one front one back and compare.Cheers anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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