I've just fitted a Reverb to my bike but I need to take a couple of inches off the hose length. The SRAM videos obviously suggest you spend copious amounts of cash on their hydraulic hose cutter. Will I be alright using a sharp stanley knife or similar? Any advice gladly taken ...
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Cutting down a Reverb hose
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Posted 11 months ago #
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Sharp Stanley blade works very well.
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I have done a few of these now and always used my 'sharp' cable cutter. Also worth noting is that I have only needed to bleed the system on one occasion but have fitted 4 posts...
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I've found, with the dozen or so that I've fitted, that a sharp blade works better than cable cutters giving a neater end and avoiding having the odd strand of the hose fibres left.
I always bleed them after a trim as a matter of course. Why bother not doing it.
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Used the stanley knife and the whole process including bleeding was really easy. Have to say the fittings they supply make for a very tidy hose run.
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Any tips for getting the hose right onto the barb after shortening though? Done a couple and always a couple of mm away from butting up tight against the body of the remote...
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Bike in a stand, wrap hose in tissue or rag and push/twist at the same time. Goes on easy with bit of patience and brute force.
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The yellow Shimano brake hose clamping blocks work really well. Clamp the hose with those then tap the barb in using a soft face mallet.
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