Originally Posted by
TMonk
ok so after looking this up, the initial installation with hoses looks way more difficult than a simple bleed job. I have internally routed bars and want to swap them out so the hoses need to get pulled.
Not necessarily? If the hoses are sufficiently long, you can also consider disconnecting the hoses from the STI levers to get them out of the old handlebar, cutting off the old olives, and reinserting the hoses into the STI levers with new olives. Of course you will have to bleed the brakes afterward.
Originally Posted by
TMonk
A bleed job looks pretty easy to do on my own.
I hope so too! Otherwise I would have bought the bleed kit for nothing.
Originally Posted by
TMonk
On a related note - once the new lines are installed, if done correctly, is it a "set it and forget it" situation? Like how often do the actual lines need to get re-done, versus a simple bleed job?
I think the hoses are forever unless they somehow get damaged. Especially if you spread your mileage among 6 bikes.