brake facts...

[SeriesLandy]

Originally Posted by jps

Just so I've got this right, Sierra brake lines are 3/16 but with a metric M10 1.0 fitting on the ends right? Seems an odd combo of imperial and metric...

Also, any reasons not to salvage the pipe fittings from the donor and use them with new pipework?

Yes that is correct.
1 reason is new ones are so cheap it would be idiotic to trust a second hand part that is over 20 years old sat in all the road grime and salt with your life.

Said in the nicest of ways