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Braided Brake lines
Just wondering where I can get a kit from for my XT brake set in Sydney , also who recomends someone to bleed them as a mate put a set of Hopes on his bike & they have alot of play in the lever b4 they bite ...
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I'd stick with shimano lines if it's performance you're after mate. The latest stuff they make is prey damn good and the price is pretty hard to beat. But if it's look, then any LBS should either carry them or be able to get them.
Don't bother with braided lines. Just get the correct Shimano line for your model of XT. New lines/connections and fluid etc every so often is a great thing.
I use Hope almost exclusively and have found the braided lines are nonsense. One set ( V2 ) which are two years old, I've completely rebuilt them with fresh regular type line, disemboweled and rebuilt the lever and caliper and then bled them and I'd swear they work as new. Those braided lines are completely unnecessary and twist all over the place.
Good on motos. Not req'd on mtb...
With Shimano, simply install the lines and bleed and that's it. No need to over complicate it.
And Ross, do you want them bled on the cheap or for free? Cheap ( or free ) work is cheap performance. Go to a shop and get it done properly. And have proper performance.
I been reading too many articles the lines are only a year old & haven't done a terrible lot of hard work yet , will look into it the end of this year tho .
Why are you worried about the age of them? Do they sit in the sun 24/7?
I've got gen Shimano brake lines (and still using them) that I got 4 odd years ago and they are still going strong!
The old cleche mmate, if it ain't broke do'nt fix it.
Ithought they might have been a better line but
i only ride xc so I not looking into it anymore
The lines on my hardtail are original... 2006! No need to replace 'em yet.
The tyres (Mich XCR Dry 2's) are probably the same vintage. They might get replaced this year with the rubenas if any more knobs get broken off
lol! They'd have to have done 8-9k kms in the last couple of years. Who said hard compound low tread height tyres are useless 
</end thread hijack>let me know when you are wanting to try the rubenas out