Hydraulic brake advice required thanks

markybhoy71

Hi iam looking for advice please,at the moment I have normal disc breaks on my big and looking to upgrade to hydraulic ones,how hard is it to change and is there anything extra I need to condsider in fitting them like will the old routers be ok to use,the bit am no sure about is running the cable cause on the bike just now I have half normal cable with outer coating and the other half is bare wire,how do I get the new cable through the wire clamps do they to be drilled out to cable diameter,thanks any help would be great,

lpretro1

First question has to be - does your frame have the mounts for disk brakes and are your wheels disk ready?

markybhoy71

Yeah my frame has mounts and already has disk breaks the roter sizes are 160mm

cooldad

Do you have separate brake levers and shifters?
Easiest way of routing the hose is to use cable ties.

The Rookie

If the cables use full length outers, then it's easy to swap, if they don't, you can use cable ties, or bolt in cable guides, or drill out the stops and pass the hose through, though it does mean splitting the system to do it.

markybhoy71

It's seperate breaks and shifters I have got looks like I might have to cable tie them then but that does not look to tidy thought ideally running it through the stops would look the best but might be bit of a hassle eh

The Rookie

Drilling out the stops is a hassle, but so much neater!