I just finished putting most of the new bike together. still have a lot of work to do :

- replace bash ring with echo SL
- bleed rear echo SL brake with water, and shorten hose
- install ashima rotor and louise front brake
- grind rim
- cut steer tube

the rear echo SL rim turned out to be a little bit heavy at 780g. i will replace this rim very soon with something much lighter :)

the specs :

Frame : Echo Control 2009 short
Fork : Trialtech
Stem : Trialtech 120x17
Bar : Zhi 7075
headset : Echo SL

Front Brake : Magura Louise FR 180mm with Ashima rotor
Rear Brake : Echo SL with Echo tr mount (no plastic spacer), rock pad blue (soon to be phatpad cnc), and Trialtech carbon fiber booster

Front Hub : Worldcat
Front Rim : Neon Pro (497g)
Fr Tire : Continental Speed King 2.1

Rear Hub : Echo SL 135mm with 16t cog
Rear Rim : Echo SL rear spray painted white
R Tire : Specialized Clutch SX 2.3

Bottom Bracket : Neon Titanium
Cranks : Try All 170mm
Freewheel : Rockman 72pt
Bashring : Echo SL (currently try-all)
Pedals : Wellgo Mg-1

Projected bike weight will be 8.8kg when everything is done, and 8.65kg with new rims:)

Won't you consider cut off some outside chocolate of the tire?

And you can drill some holes on the frame and rings like Frank did on his bike.

Grinding off the paint of the frame will save some grams too.

It's a pity that ECHO SL rims are too heave, the most wanted bike part of me !

you let me want the frame as same as you have .. echo control..

how long dose it on the long versions??

i just measured the geometry. echo is very unreliable when it comes to that..

wheel base - 1071mm
bb rise (bb area heigh - axle height) - 40mm
chain stay length - 377mm

the say the long is 1090, but i think people have been getting close to 1100