Who's got braided brake lines?

[soundbeltfarm]

how many of you dirt guys have braided brake lines?
thinking of getting something for my bike to improve the brakes
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[Buddy L]

Had them on my road bikes but never on the off roader.
Wouldn't think you would build up enough heat in off roading

[soundbeltfarm]

i zip tied my front bake last night and now they are bloody good , but i done this another time and by end of trail ride they were back to the spongy crap they were.
so i'll take the bike for a ride on saturday and see if they hold up.
changed pads last week and that helped a bit.
can you one finger stoppy?
i have got mine where i can 2 finger stoppy but if i try for one i hit my fingers with lever before brakes generate enough power to lift the rear end up

[Trudes]

I've got them on my bucket.

[BadCompany]

Braided hoses add weight :P

[Buddy L]

i zip tied my front bake last night and now they are bloody good , but i done this another time and by end of trail ride they were back to the spongy crap they were.
so i'll take the bike for a ride on saturday and see if they hold up.
changed pads last week and that helped a bit.
can you one finger stoppy?
i have got mine where i can 2 finger stoppy but if i try for one i hit my fingers with lever before brakes generate enough power to lift the rear end up

i two fingered stoppied over the bars on monday, infront of jimmy2006.
But not enough power in my pointer to one finger stoppie.
Zip ties do the trick for sure, made a world of differents to the road bike, and also the dirt one.

[B0000M]

and where do these zip ties go? (got a picture??)

[CookMySock]

i zip tied my front bake last night and now they are bloody good

whats the theory and practice with this ?

DB

[soundbeltfarm]

mine sounds similar to yours now.
so thats an improvement.
what do you reckon the zip ties do?
i've read that it compresses any air bubbles in the line causing less friction for them to stick to the lines causing them to rise up the line.
not sure if this is correct but i know it sure does work

[soundbeltfarm]

whats the theory and practice with this ?

DB

you zip tie your lever hard to your bars and leave overnight.
I tap along the line and caliper as well then leave overnight.
in the morning cut the tie and slowly release the lever.
i leave my brakes alone for half hour.
come back and it gives you a much harder feel to your brakes.
im not sure what it actually does but it sure does work.
i've read quite a few of the race teams over seas doing it and i've read about heaps of people trying it and love how it works for them too.

[Mike748]

and where do these zip ties go? (got a picture??)

Yeah, how are you using Zip ties to improve braking???

[Mike748]

Please excuse my earlier delyed post.

Sounds like your prestretching your brake lines so that they have less give under load. As the lines return to normal shape/size your brakes will return to their normal feel.

[soundbeltfarm]

i got no pic but its easy.
i read about it on thumper talk .
try it and see what you think.
it has made my brakes go from shithouse to whorehouse.
( if you think whorehouse is a great thing haha)
they are pretty solid now .
doing 2 finger stoppies today and yesterday doing four finger F.alls.
just from using the zip tie.

[soundbeltfarm]

Please excuse my earlier delyed post.

Sounds like your prestretching your brake lines so that they have less give under load. As the lines return to normal shape/size your brakes will return to their normal feel.

could be i wouldn't have a clue.
there is a big debate on thumpertalk to what is actually happening.
i did see a few little air bubbles rise when i released my lever this morning.
will see how this goes on saturday under prolonged use and post back up here

[barty5]

if you are useing the front brakes heaps you could be boiling the fluild which will leave you with air in system. Could try using brake fluid with a higher boiling point.