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Originally Posted by djorob
Hmm!
The lack of spongey feel due to the braided hose not expanding gave a much more positive feel and hugely increased brake effort!
Dave.
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That's correct Dave. It's takes quite a bit of energy to expand the brake lines, but it does happen!. Try it yourself. Take a very firm grip of your brakeline in the middle of a flexible part, and squeeze the brake lever. You can feel the line swell in your hand. The energy that is expanding the brake line is far more useful pushing on the back of the pads.
It's not a bursting point improvement with braided lines, it's that it is far far more difficult to get them to expand, so a higher proportion of the energy from your hand gets to the pads. The braids are too tight and too strong around the internal tube to let much expansion happen, even though the line is still flexible. I went from standard line to braided on my race bike, and the difference was amazing. Truely, in the order of 30% less hand pressure for the same braking effort. The brakes had been bled many times over the years in the course of race preparation, so I know it wasn't air in the lines.
Regards
Nigel in NZ
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