Dammit’s adventures in mountain biking

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Dammit in reply to @Eejit

So…install it and then never bleed it? It doesn’t need bleeding until it stops working perfectly…and if it only stops working perfectly when it is bled…

(That said, I’m sure changing an entire brake line isn’t exactly how you wanted to spend your holiday)

Issue there is that it makes a £180 brake a single use item. I suppose it means you don’t need to buy brake pads anymore, but still feels a bit Golf Club++.

And, in direct contravention of our forum Mrs Havershams insistence on where the only acceptable money comes from, I’m sorry to report that I’m not an heir to a fortune made from the slave trade.

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Eejit in reply to @Dammit

But that single use is....a really long time?

there are definitely circumstances where you need to break the brake line (for instance, if you have to send your frame back to the manufacturer for them to take a look at some damage) and do a bleed as a result, but otherwise there aren't many circumstances under which you should need to bleed your brakes. Until you start to experience loss of performance, in which case bleed the brakes. Or, in the case of Maguras apparently, you throw them away and get new ones.

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