This is a continuation of part of the previous article.
The other day, I did a bleeding procedure on a Magura HS33 R Urban,
which is a hydraulic caliper brake.
The HS33 R, HS22, HS11 and so on are hydraulic cantilever brakes,
but the HS33 R Urban is a hydraulic caliper brake that's basically Magura's RT8 with a quick-release function added.
RT8... rubber bands... ugh, my head... (→here).
Magura's hydraulic brakes use
their proprietary Royal Blood mineral oil,
which is blue in color.
The name comes from the expression "noble blood is blue in color."
Though the French Revolution and such kind of revealed that wasn't actually the case.
↑This is what Royal Blood "used to be."
Spent Royal Blood. It's turned a murky green color.
↑And on the right side of this is Royal Blood (probably).
The containers are identical,
and a certain component manufacturer received technical licensing from Magura
to develop road disc brakes,
and this is the mineral oil for that.
It looks exactly like Royal Blood to me, so I used it as a substitute.
Royal Blood, when left sitting for a long time, loses its blue color.
The Royal Blood that came in the Magura kit the customer brought in
had slightly faded,
so this particular brand's mineral oil, which was in much better condition than that...
well, it had the fresh blue color of Royal Blood itself, so
initially I did the bleeding with Royal Blood,
but I went back and redid it with this other brand's mineral oil.
By the way, when I asked a person at a distributor who was supposedly the most knowledgeable about this brand in Japan,
"This oil is the same as Magura's Royal Blood, right?"
I got the answer "There's no way I could say it's the same, you dumbass."
Fair enough.
And when I actually met them at a trade show the other day,
I told them "I just did a Magura bleeding job with your company's mineral oil,
and considering availability, your product is actually more convenient for our shop than Magura's,"
and for some reason I got beaten up.
By the way, it turns out noble blood was actually red,
but crab blood is blue (→here).
The other day, I did a bleeding procedure on a Magura HS33 R Urban,
which is a hydraulic caliper brake.
The HS33 R, HS22, HS11 and so on are hydraulic cantilever brakes,
but the HS33 R Urban is a hydraulic caliper brake that's basically Magura's RT8 with a quick-release function added.
RT8... rubber bands... ugh, my head... (→here).
Magura's hydraulic brakes use
their proprietary Royal Blood mineral oil,
which is blue in color.
The name comes from the expression "noble blood is blue in color."
↑This is what Royal Blood "used to be."
Spent Royal Blood. It's turned a murky green color.
↑And on the right side of this is Royal Blood (probably).
The containers are identical,
and a certain component manufacturer received technical licensing from Magura
to develop road disc brakes,
and this is the mineral oil for that.
It looks exactly like Royal Blood to me, so I used it as a substitute.
Royal Blood, when left sitting for a long time, loses its blue color.
The Royal Blood that came in the Magura kit the customer brought in
had slightly faded,
so this particular brand's mineral oil, which was in much better condition than that...
well, it had the fresh blue color of Royal Blood itself, so
initially I did the bleeding with Royal Blood,
but I went back and redid it with this other brand's mineral oil.
By the way, when I asked a person at a distributor who was supposedly the most knowledgeable about this brand in Japan,
"This oil is the same as Magura's Royal Blood, right?"
I got the answer "There's no way I could say it's the same, you dumbass."
Fair enough.
And when I actually met them at a trade show the other day,
I told them "I just did a Magura bleeding job with your company's mineral oil,
and considering availability, your product is actually more convenient for our shop than Magura's,"
and for some reason I got beaten up.
By the way, it turns out noble blood was actually red,
but crab blood is blue (→here).