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I was under the impression that the olives were single use, so if you needed to reorient them you'd have to get new olives. Do the current hydro lines have enough spare length in them to actually be swapped over?
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You said it, just undo it and swap it round, do it carefully to prevent too much drippage.
Plus, it's not gonna pour out when you undo it, know how you can hold water in a straw by placing your thumb at the top? ditto with the hydraulic.
Lastly, they should usually come with what look like barrier adjuster on the hose, those are for easy swapping.
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Guys. I have utfs and had no luck with this query that I originally posted in the Cannondale owners thread. I recently was lucky enough to take delivery of a lovely CAAD12 that comes with Dura Ace 9100 discs.
Slight annoyance - mine got shipped with European/US orientation brakes (maybe because it was shipping to Spain, though it was through a friend at a UK bike shop??). Does anyone know how tricky it is to swap the hoses over? Is it a matter of just undoing the bolts at the lever end and swapping, or is there re-bleeding etc required? The hose should be long enough for a swap as I will also be dropping the stem a fair bit.
Suggestions are that tilting the bike so that gravity helps me might avoid a re-bleed. Any other suggestions and tips?