EchoSam

I was in a local bike shop the other day and they had a brand new set of these still in the boxes at £140 each along with a matching front and rear mech to the brakes. The brakes look amazing in the flesh.

Was only there for like 2 hours then I just hobbled out as they told me to sit and wait and I got fed up of waiting lol.

Was out riding last year. Was in town and my crossover snapped right at the barb. Just as I rode up to the front of my house, I forgot my brake didn't work and went to go up to back on a curb. Obviously brake didn't work and the barb tore a hole in my thigh. Went to hospital and they said the hole was too big to stitch so they bandaged me up and I couldn't ride/walk for nearly 3 weeks. Worst thing was when I got home and found my flesh from my leg on the barb on my rear brake Brought a braided crossover the next day and never looked back.

I have owned a pair of these (on a stock) and I thought they were brilliant until I did an up to front and both legs snapped above the 4-bolt mounts. If you're a light rider I would say go for them but if you are quite a heavy rider like me I would say go for Echo Urbans. Hope this helps Sam

The juicy has got some power with the 200mm rotor but not really enough. I have a BB7 coming tomorrow and hopfully a Hope to match the front in august =D

Trials-UK is a very very bad idea. I would well stay away if I were you. Sam

As the title says. Here is my Hydroxx (pretey sure its and '07). Spec: Koxx Hydroxx Frame '09 Echo Urban Disc Only Forks FSA Headset TMS Stem Trialtech Echo TR Bars (switching back to Trialtechs (feel much nicer)) Trialtech Foam Grips Middleburn Cranks with Cloud 9 Bash Kit Bikehut Pedals KHE Collapse Chain Front Rockman BUB Hub on Mavic D521 Rim Rear Pro2 Hub on Echo TR Rim Front Hope Mono Trials Carb/TI 180mm Rear Avid Juicy 3 with 200mm Hope Rotor Hope Mono Trials 190mm Tryall Stiky Front Tyre Maxxis Minion 2.35 Dual Ply 42a Rear Tyre

Me and a few mates are coming up on thursday.Well we will be at the 3 big steps next to the station at 11.30.

Compared to my viz lights the forks feel pretty stiff. The viz were quite flexy though. The drive does feel a bit rough because of the tensionner, but the only reason the chain is so short is because I did have perfect tension but the chain stretched =( I am thinking of going 18:16 instead of 18:15 because it did feel a bit nicer.

Just got a few new parts for my Pure. Spec: Frame - Pure '09 Forks - Because Headset - FSA Stem - Echo HiFi Bars - Trialtech Sport w/ Halfords BMX Grips Front Brake - Hope Mono Trial Carbon/T.I 200mm Rear Brake - Magura, Black TPA w/ TNN CNC Pads, Echo TR Clamps, Hope Braided Cross-Over and Toxin Booster Front Wheel - RockMan BUB Hub, Trialtech Square Hole Rim, White Rim Tape, Black Spokes w/ Blue and Black Nipples Rear Wheel - Hope Pro 2T, Surley 15T Sprocket, Echo SL Rim, White Rim Tape, Black Spokes w/ Blue and Black Nipples Front Tyre - Try-All Sticky Rear Tyre - Maxxis Minion 2.35 Dual Ply Chain - KHE Collapse Chain Tensioner - 4-Jeri Cranks - Middleburn Square Taper w/ Cloud 9 Bash Kit BB - Neon Carbon Taper Pedals - Bikehut X-Platform Im toying with the idea of getting a white stem and maybe white headset. Opinions would be helpful =D Cheers Sam