Somewhere up this thread, I mentioned putting Hope brakes on the Tallboy.
Sram Level TLMs with matchmaker came off, so i needed to find the hope adapters
for the XO11 shifter, and wolftooth dropper - $21/ea from hope. They are marked
LH and RH, as they are mirror images.
per their recommendation, i put the RH on the RH brake - and immediately noticed there is no rotational freedom like the brakes,
the shifter would be in a fixed orientation to the brake handle - i run the handles up a little high to feel behind the bars (to keep me from
going over them) - which put the shifter a bit underneath. Moved the brake handle down - but may switch to a clamp.
the other problem with the RH adapter is that it inboarded the shifter too much. Here is a pic of the RH adapter.
it has the torx head - on the brake side, there is a hole/slot for the adapter to bolt through.
this was easily solved by switching to the left hand adapter, and using the "other" mounting hole in the shifter.
this was much better.
Now onto the dropper - Since I had the matchmaker adapter for the wolftooth, I made the bad assumption
that it would use a similar mounting strategy - it did not. Off to the wolftooth site, and I find that the
shimano adapter works with Hope brakes. So i order it up - and since i didn't trust it, i ordered a clamp.
The adapter arrives, but it doesn't have the right bolt/nut for the Hope brakes. Luckily, i can use the one from
the other Hope/matchmaker adapter - of course now i can't sell or use that adapter on another bike, cause no bolt/nut.
Then to make it even more interesting, the Hope bolt is too large for the Wolftooth adapter. Well it is made of AL,
so drilled the sucker out. Which probably means it won't work with the Shimano system anymore.....
at least it works, and i'm very happy with the orientation. could be a bit more out, or the lever could be longer....
Almost back on the trail.... put about 165 in the shock for 25% sag @75F Will report back with fork settings, eventually.