Disc Brake Discord

[robc02]

My bleed kit consists of about 30-40cm of rubber hose (it's a snug fit over the bleed nipple) and a jam jar.

Avid brakes don't have nipples. they have a small grub screw which you remove and screw a hose into.

Hmph! Might have known the cycle industry would go out of its way to make things difficult - no reservoir; no bleed nipples - what next?

I've got Hope Minis on my mountain bike (I've only ever bled them as part of routine maintenance and when replacing a caliper half to fit another frame - they have been totally reliable). My experience is based on them and on a variety of cars. They've all had reservoirs and bleed nipples and I've always bled them with a bit of tube and a jam jar - sometimes with and sometimes without a friend/sister/well trained wife.

[gilesjuk]

Hmph! Might have known the cycle industry would go out of its way to make things difficult - no reservoir; no bleed nipples - what next?

I've got Hope Minis on my mountain bike (I've only ever bled them as part of routine maintenance and when replacing a caliper half to fit another frame - they have been totally reliable). My experience is based on them and on a variety of cars. They've all had reservoirs and bleed nipples and I've always bled them with a bit of tube and a jam jar - sometimes with and sometimes without a friend/sister/well trained wife.

I'd love to have Hope brakes, but I find them expensive. Paid about £50 a brake for the Avid Juicy 3s on one bike and about £90 a brake for the Juicy 7s on another.

Cheapest Hope's are about £120 a brake.

[Steve Kish]

I have Hope X2 on my mountain bike and although they're a bit pricey, they are very easy to work with. No special bleed kit needed and the hoses are easy to shorten as well.

Add to this the superb customer service that they offer combined with the video 'how to' tutorials on their website and it becomes worthwhile.

Oh, and of course, they work superbly and are British made!

[gilesjuk]

I replaced my hoses with Goodridge hoses and connectors. The connectors are reusable, they unscrew and can be removed from the hose and then refitted.

Certainly make shortening hoses a doddle.

[TrailRat]

Well, thanks to my LBS loaning me his Avid bleed kit, I should be able to give this a try tomorrow!!

Thanks for the heads up.