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boredom
Brommers
If I have a hydraulic front brake, and the hose is routed through the NDS fork leg, how do I change the bottom headset bearing without either (a) replacing the brake hose or (b) chopping a bit off the end of the existing hose?
I can undo the hose from the caliper, but the olive won't fit instead the routing for the front brake hose. I can't remove the olive as it's crimped into place. There's not enough length in the brake hose between the hose exit point at the bottom of the fork and the olive to allow the fork steerer to be removed from the frame.
As far as I can see the answer is 'you can't' but I'd be very glad to be proved wrong.