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As title, what’s the best hydraulic hose routing kit? I’m expecting something that will include a double ended barb that can be attached to both the existing hose and new so it can be pulled through (I don’t want to just tape the two together as the entry and exit points are v small). Or, I’ve seen a SRAM fitting in their instructions (see below) that screws into the stealth-a-majig barb and has a tip with an opening to allow a mouse wire or similar to be attached but I can’t find it for sale anywhere.
If the hose is open (not pre-bled). The park kit has a thin wire that can be ran through the hose and the wire then guided with a magnet.
You can get just a two sided the double ended barb from sram, if it is a one off just replacing the brakes then that is all you need.
https://www.sram.com/en/rockshox/models/tl-rvbt-bc-a1
The park IR-1.3 kit gives a lot more options, especially if you think you might need to run hoses and cables where there are non already in place or change routing, ie swap the brakes from right to left. And has multiple connectors for different applications, ie hoses, brake liners, electronic shifting etc. I bought one, it is good, but 5 quid for the double sided barb compared to getting on for 100 for the kit is quite a lot.
Reading that RockShox page for that barb, if you hadn't said this could be used there is no way of knowing what that is intended for. Can certainly guess but absolutely nothing on that page to suggest it's use.
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That Rockshox one looks like what I need to replace existing hose, thanks. If only someone had it in stock 😂.
Or, I’ve seen a SRAM fitting in their instructions (see below) that screws into the stealth-a-majig barb and has a tip with an opening to allow a mouse wire or similar to be attached but I can’t find it for sale anywhere.
The stealth-a-majig barb comes on OEM kits, so if you buy a group set from a bike manuf with excess stock, they come pre-fitted like that, to speed up installation. Eg Oro have been selling lots of their stock (we bought a couple).
If you buy a groupset in full shop mode (each item in it's own presentation box) then the brakes come fully connected and bled and just get a spare barb and olive
No idea if you can buy it on it's own.
I’ve got a set of brakes and levers in full shop mode so all attached to each other. Which begs the question actually, why? So obviously anyone fitting it will need to take it apart and will be discarding a stealthamajig olive before it’s even been on a bike…🤷♂️ even if you externally routed it the hose would need trimming Shirley? 🤔. Anyway it comes with 2 spare olives and 2 barbs.
Soo back to the problem in hand - taking the head off a screw might work.. long thin one. No doubt I’d have to buy a box of 1000 though.