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1070/360/+70 Echo¹ by niconj, on Flickr Echo² by niconj, on Flickr Echo³ by niconj, on Flickr

Dammit! Mine came with only two washers and on the picture it looks as if they put the washer from the non drive side on the bolt or maybe I'm just missing the 3mm washer on the non drive side. Either way, I've just got two washers; one serrated on the drive side, the other non-serrated on the non drive side.

Just wondering about the Trialtech Hub. Is there a washer for the bolt when using a 135mm frame w/o snail cams. Only thing I can see is the two 3mm washers and I can't imagine the bolt tightening directly against the frame. So is there something like the serrated washer Hope use with their M10 bolt?

+orange Trialtech pads (on my newer Trialtech SL rim). The Trialtech pads on an Echo TR were very good though.

I read it somewhere around this forum that there were at least seals made from hope that were for mineral oil. Might be mistaken again.

There were a couple of disc brakes that used mineral oil if I'm not mistaken.

It kinda looks like a 24'' bike.

I measured mine today and came out at 1045 with my 30mm Trialtech fork. 1070 seems a little long for a 24 Echo.

I tend to disagree. The force a top cap needs to get rid of the headset play is minimal. The stem is held by the stem screws. If it comes loose w/o a top cap, it comes loose with it as well.

I just stumbled upon some shops saying that the Echo 24'' MK2 frame has a geometry of 1070/+70/360 and also on the Echo homepage it states this but for the MK3. On Tarty it says 1050/+70/350 for the latest frame which is the MKIII I suppose. I was just wondering what's the right geometry for the MK3 and whether the MK2 had a different geometry. I know that different forks make a different wheelbase but a difference of 20mm seems to be caused by another geometry rather than a different fork. Any inside on this?

In Lima there's a place where people go to buy back their belongings after they have been stolen. The police doesn't even go to this place.

It's a Hoffmann frame. Have a closer look at the magura mounts on the back. It's actually a pretty ingenious construction.

And I thought I was the only one.

Same with my latest Echo.

Would you mind posting a picture?

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Take a bigger knife and move it in there. Then you can use the knife as a lever going around the crown race. Just don't use the tip of the knife but the blade. You can lever it up (is this how it's called?) a bit and then go a bit further round.

I you don't need the sprocket anymore, you could Dremel it off. I don't think you'll get enough force to screw it off with a chain whip. About the crown race. Just take a thin knife and a hammer. Put the blade in between the fork and the crown race and go all around the fork slightly hammering on the back of the blade. I do this with carbon forks to not damage the seat of the crown race.

A bike shop w/o a vice?

Well, I haven't experienced this so far. Acetone does in seconds, Dot will take a long while I guess.

About the "corrosive" part on my skin. I have never had any problems with 5.1 on my skin and I'm not overly careful with it. I was just wondering; the "harder to bleed" part comes from the system and not from the actual liquid you use in your brakes, right? I don't find Trialzones harder to bleed than, let's say, Shimano 775. It's true though that the newer Shimano brakes are easier to bleed. .

I run mine with 5.1 and I don't think that 4 will be any better. I don't get why people rant about Dot so much. It's not worse than mineral oil.

Seems to be a culture clash. In Peru things go a little slower and business customs aren't really up to European standards*. *I know because my wife is Peruvian.

This and "roll the cypher" (is that how it's spelled?) I bled mine like a Shimano 775 brake though, meaning from the bottom to the top with a syringe. Also, the rear will always feel a little spongier due to the longer brake hose. I also found that if the brake isn't setup correctly, that is the brake pads touching the rotor evenly, the brake feels spongy.