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I use those yellow clamping pads that Shimano put in with their brakes held in a vice to give me a straight line and solid grip and then a new stanley knife blade to cut the hose. Then I gently tap in the barb with a light hammer. Not been a problem so far.
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are you going back to rim brakes? if not buy the right tools. Aliexpress tools are just fine, the tektro hose cutter and barb pusher is good.
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I’m trying to avoid a minimum two week wait at my LBS
My primary reason to buy niche tools these days.
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Mole grips with Shimano clamping pads, hold it next to a cutting surface and cut as square as possible with a cutter. Do a couple of test cuts first, then final cut to correct length.
Snips might do a good job, but you risk crimping the hose
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That sent my cable OCD trough the roof.
Chopping the hoses has been explained enough. Now, to route it around the bottom bracket, and without seeing how exactly it works in your frame, the easy solution would be to leave a guide as you remove the old hose, then using that to yank the new one back to place. The Park Tool internal routing kit have something you can use, or you can try to improvise a way. Depends on how annoying is to go around the BB and how tiny are the holes really.
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Do I need the hose cutter and barb tool to put hoses on or can I make do with some plumbing snips that make a neat job on 15mm barrier pipe?
It’s routing that bothers me. How likely is it I’ll need to take the BB out?
I’m trying to avoid a minimum two week wait at my LBS which won’t allow you to book a bike in on a specific day.