Blade brakes

[mhibbins]

I've had my blade for 10k miles now since april last year and the edge is going off the brakes. The power is still there but the initial bite has gone. The pads are fairly well worn but still good.

It feel sort of like the fluid has gone off a bit and allowing me to compress it before it works. As the fluid is only a year old this seems unlikely but I will change it.

Is it likely that my brake lines will starting to be tired and expand under pressure after this short time and would I benefit from fitting braided hoses?

Thanks,

Mark

[mhibbins]

I've had it from new. I haven't noticed a slow decline in brake performance but just a loss of initial bite more recently. I'll give the brakes a bleed tomorrow and go from there.

Thanks for your advice.

Regards,

Mark

[mhibbins]

Only got around to bleeding the brakes today... completely sorted now

Ta,

Mark