Egg Fried Rice Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 (edited) Hey allRight, ive bought a hope mono trial 07 a while ago and this is the first time ive used one ever. i have tried out other peoples 06's but not the 07's. Now after a few months of bedding in etc its not quite holding. so a question.1) What is it suppose to feel like at the lever? I remember Adam from tarty saying on here thats its nearly the same as a maggie with a booster. Its not quite like that on my one, i can feel the bite quite clearly, then quite alot of sponge afterwards. rebleed? he also mentioned some of them arent quite perfect out of the box, i presumed that because they are new so no need to rebleed etc. The 06 one on my friends bike feels much more stiffer and doesnt sponge much whereas my 07' does.so just really need to know what other hope mono trials 07' feel like, cos mine doesnt 'feel' right.JK Edited April 19, 2007 by J-KAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty22 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 After using a magura forever I've recently moved to a mono trial and at first I hated it. Now I've got used to it I love it, the modulation is great. It took me a while to get it shimmed correctly but it payed off in the end. I thought mine was spongy at first but realised it was the caliper flexing on the mounts. This feels awful if you're used to maggies but I found that once the disc was locked it was locked and no extra power was required so didn't continue to pull the lever as you would with a maggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 You might need to tinker yor caliper as that helps maybe try a re bleed again. and sort out the pads if they are contaminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loffa Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 (edited) I had the same problem with my 06 one. (The one that Adam was talking about in the thread you mentioned) I gave her a rebleed and now it's much stiffer and has a bit more power too. It's really easy to bleed Hopes as well. MUCH less hastle than bleeding a maggie. You can also try cleaning the rotor and sanding down the pads a bit, but that only helps to increase power when the brake is contaminated or the pads are glazed, it won't do anything with the spongy lever. Edited April 19, 2007 by loffa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br3n Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 get your brake mount faced if you havent allready, I cant stress how much difference it makes just to get ur pads to hit evenly. Other than that its really just fine tuning..Does anyone make upgradable pads for the mono trial's yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Fried Rice Posted April 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 get your brake mount faced if you havent allready, I cant stress how much difference it makes just to get ur pads to hit evenly. Other than that its really just fine tuning..Does anyone make upgradable pads for the mono trial's yet?hmmm...okays, where can i get my mounts faced?JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cristoff Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 tarty do it, or DIY, but it takes agessss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 tarty do it, or DIY, but it takes agessss! how do you intend to face your brake mounts your self?the only place which does it round where i live are big bike shops in big town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cristoff Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 how do you intend to face your brake mounts your self?the only place which does it round where i live are big bike shops in big town.pikeys always find a way no, my friend managed to do his, it took the best part of an hour though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 pikeys always find a way no, my friend managed to do his, it took the best part of an hour though.so he atchully removed the material from the brake mount to make it even with out a facing tool? i dont think pikeys can even do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br3n Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) My local shops all have the tool (£90 from hope i believe) or tarty will do it for you.http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?id=361£8Realistically you cant do it without the tool, no matter how long you spend on it with ur mums nail file. Edited April 20, 2007 by trialsmad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I remember Adam from tarty saying on here thats its nearly the same as a maggie with a booster. Its not quite like that on my one, i can feel the bite quite clearly, then quite alot of sponge afterwards. rebleed?I would say yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 when my m8 bought his he had the same prob, he just topped his up with oil cus there was some air in there and then it was fooookin lush :P:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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