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Echo Urban Disc Fork (2003)

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Tue Jan 13 2004 Reviewed By: Stephen (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 1 Month Strengths Stiff, light (760 grams after you cut the steerer down to 7.25"), seems to be strong Weaknesses None yet - we'll see how it performs long-term! Similar Products Used Capriolo disc fork, Brisa Elite, Monty X-Lite, Planet-X Knifen Review I've had the disc only version of this fork on my Zoo Pitbull for about a month now, and I'm liking the fork so far. I had no problem setting it up with a brand new Hope Mono Mini front brake - the disc tabs were well-aligned, positioning the brake pads parallel with the rotor as they should be. I cut the steerer down to 7.25", which is a good length for using an Echo stem with a small spacer, and lightened the fork to 760 grams from 804 grams. The fork rides quite well - it's stiff. I'm not able to notice fork flex when doing wedges or front wheel hooks, so I'm quite happy about that. My Capriolo fork flexed quite a bit in the same situations. The steerer is aluminum, which causes some concern, as other manufacturers have had difficulty bonding the fork legs with aluminum steerers, or just plain having the steerer break near the bottom. Time will tell whether this fork will have the same problem.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Sun Apr 25 2004 Reviewed By: Josh Carr (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 3 Months Strengths strong,light Weaknesses none yet Similar Products Used kinesis,kelly,surly Review Until recently I haven't demanded much from my forks,exept that they not break.Now with all my hooking and wedging I found that this fork is just swell .I think it's flexy ,some may disagree.But it is very strong and the flex helps make the ride a little less harsh,and helps with the wedges and hooks.Good lookin' too.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Sat Dec 11 2004 Reviewed By: Adam (anon) Rider Level: Pro/Elite
Used Product For 6 Months Strengths Very light Weaknesses Well, I've broken two now.... Similar Products Used .... Review I love that these forks are light, but that's about all i love. The first set lasted about 6 months, the second set, only about 4 months. The steerer is alloy, and it has somehow come real loose and there is now about a 1mm gap all the way around the steerer where it goes in. I have never snapped a set, but they just end up wobbling around and are useless. Everyone else i know has had no trouble with these forks, but I have seriously been riding 25-30 hours a week on them, and loads of big natural... Might be a factor?
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Tue Apr 06 2004 Reviewed By: Yoda (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 6 Months Strengths Stiff, disc or V mounts Weaknesses no cool stickers on it Similar Products Used X-Lite, Monty Chromoly Review Fork feels good so far. Disc and V mount option is nice. When I broke my disc lever, I just put on V brakes and was able to keep riding the next day.
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Thu May 20 2004 Reviewed By: 4123 (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 1 Month Strengths light, strong so far, huge tire clearance, stiff v-brake mounts Weaknesses flexy Similar Products Used all of them Review pretty good fork. light and strong, but a bit flexy for my taste. maybe it's just me, but i like a stiff fork - it isn't anywhere near as flexy as the zoo 'noodle', thank god. the v-brake mounts are stiff as anything. good length for my echo pure, but that is a given really. unless they all start breaking, or you depend on a really stiff fork, this fork is worthy of a buy.
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