Last night i went about fitting my goodridge hoses to my avid elixir R it was a last resort before i brought new brakes as they just felt under powered.
I fitted the goodridge hoses and then decided i wanted a cleaner look so i cut the avid hoses to get the black cap to hide the inserts on the brakes. To my surprise i found the avid hoses really thin. Now i have given the brakes a good bleed before but never achieved a nice solid feeling lever pull. Tonight i went out for my first ride with the hoses fitted and by god have they changed the brakes they feel solid when they need to but still have the modulation they have with the previous hose.
Avid say you should not fit them as you lose modulation but i don’t agree the brakes now feel like they can stop me on a dime but still well controlled. Thought i would share this as i know alot of people feel that elixir r feel under powered imo its because of thin cheap hosing. cheers