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[Closed] Buying Shimano brakeset, do I choose WITH or WITHOUT Olives?

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As above, I'm about to buy some Deores from CRC, and the website buying option include a choice of with or without olives?
What do I need? Whats the difference?
Thanks


 
Posted : 08/07/2014 12:06 pm
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I would get with. You are probably going to need to shorten the hoses.

Get a bleed kit while you are at it. People will tell you you can shorten hoses without a bleed kit, but of the four I have done, I have had to bleed one.


 
Posted : 08/07/2014 12:08 pm
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Olives are the fittings used to terminate the hoses .

Like he ^^ said you'll prob need to shorten the hoses.


 
Posted : 08/07/2014 12:23 pm
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Obviously if you can get a great deal 'without' then buy olives somewhere else or separately!


 
Posted : 08/07/2014 12:37 pm
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Get the olives and the [url= http://www.epicbleedsolutions.com/ ]Epic[/url] bleed kit


 
Posted : 08/07/2014 12:37 pm
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Depends if you think you'll need to shorten hoses or not and what the price difference is. An olive and insert kit is 2.50 per brake.


 
Posted : 08/07/2014 12:41 pm