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Old 12-07-22, 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by bonsai171
Did your hoses come pre-filled? I see that is an option on some of the brake lever/caliper sets on the internet.
Magura comes prefilled
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Old 12-07-22, 05:56 PM
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Even if prefilled, you still need to bleed. Get the appropriate bleed kit.
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Old 12-08-22, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveSSS
Even if prefilled, you still need to bleed. Get the appropriate bleed kit.
With Magura you don't need to bleed to shorten the hose, but you do need some olives and the tool to press the fitting. There are videos all over the internet on how to do the initial fit of Magura brakes, but the bleed kit is relatively cheap.
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Originally Posted by Germany_chris
With Magura you don't need to bleed to shorten the hose, but you do need some olives and the tool to press the fitting. There are videos all over the internet on how to do the initial fit of Magura brakes, but the bleed kit is relatively cheap.
And the same is true of Shimano and Campagnolo. Now, sometimes you do but with new installations, if things go correctly, you can just attach and go.
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Old 12-22-22, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bonsai171
Did your hoses come pre-filled? I see that is an option on some of the brake lever/caliper sets on the internet.
They were not precut, but cutting them was easy enough, I used a sharp box cutter.
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Old 12-22-22, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by sean.hwy
Instead of $40 front, and $40 back it should be $10 front and $70 for the back brakes. lol
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Warbird has internal routing in the front as well as the rear.
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Old 12-23-22, 03:28 AM
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Let me know how it goes I'll be very interested!
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