Installing Hydraulic hose through Merida Frame?

comsense
comsense Posts: 245
edited September 2015 in Workshop
I have a Merida Ride disc on the way from an Ebay store.
I am considering ordering Shimano Hydraulic brakes and wondering how hard it will be to get the hoses through the frame? The last thing I want is to have to walk red faced into the bike shop and ask them to rescue me.I've never worked on a modern internal routed frameset so don't have clue.

p.s - it comes with HY RDs, I'd also appreciate opinions is it worth converting to full Hydraulics?
thanks

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  • dgunthor
    dgunthor Posts: 644
    depends if the frame will take internal hydraulic cables - disc brakes usually have external cables

    you'll obviously need new hydraulic STi units as well.

    personally, i'd ride it initially and see how you like it (the braking etc) before changing parts
  • rafletcher
    rafletcher Posts: 1,235
    Most frames that take internal cables have removable "stops" at the entry and exit points - you need to be able to fish around for the inner after all. So If you remove those you could route a full hydraulic hose through, but would have to bodge a seal (just to keep the worst of the rain out and to tidy up the looks) from something - maybe a "bored out" Di2 bung? Of course Hy Rd's don't need that, as they're cable actuated with the hydraulic reservoir on the caliper. And I have them on a Genesis Equilibrium Disc 725 steel frame, with a 13st me on top, and they stop me in plenty of time. Full hydraulics would be more powerful, but I doubt you'd ever need that extra power over the Hy Rd.

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