braided hose brake lines

[PieEater]

I would suggest you don't change them yet but put some serious practice into your braking and see if you cant improve your control and  technique.

Putting 9-14 year old hoses under additional pressure through attempting to learn better braking could well end up in the hoses giving out and a trip to A&E. I don't see the point in spending time trying to improve braking techniques on a system that is already well past it's best and that will continue to degrade likely to the point of failure. The same amount of time would be much better spent acclimatising to an efficient braking system with new hoses and considerably less chance of failure.