Hope Dropper Lever - Unboxing, Install, Full overview 

Ooooooh! God damn rocket scientist over here, that's a good tip®️ thank you ❤️

Doesn’t work long term. Might be alright on a road bike but not on an Mtb.

If you have access to a welder just the smallest touch on the end and it’s set for life. Also if you want to reuse the cable just nip the end off.

Soldering iron and a touch of solder/lead, boom.

Exactly! Timeless design - And I think Hope in particular has that nailed, even their old mono brakes still looks beautiful. Also the anodized parts when used over a long period of time get that nice patina and a bit scratched up, got to love it

Haha no shame in the bike yoke trigger it's killer! But yea, color... 🙄

James ❤️

Yeah honestly the lever itself has adjustment, but since it's DM to the brake mount the vertical position is locked and moves with it, which is not great, Only a problem if using the direct mount i guess but still

Thanks Cuzz 🤙✌️✋👏🤜🤝

Welcome in my dude!

It's that rigid and stable feel that does it I think, just no flex in any direction, just like a big fat 👀👍

I appreciate you!

Ohhh I'm gonna check that's mine attached well then lol

Is this a challenge?

It has introduced nothing but pain, and strife, into my days

What humor, this is dead serious content my friend

Fizzy BubbeLeCH fo life 👌

Bro! Get one from Chainreaction, they're in stock over there, Just happened to browse through their page

@@Frorideism Thanks! But I already ordered from my LBS.

@@rewind9536 RIP! 😁 Good though, supporting the lbs ✌️

It's crucial for success and wellbeing

Yah been squinting at this for a while now, maybe the black actually makes it stand out more than if it was just raw.. May do this!

@@Frorideism I have the all silver E4’s so I had to do it to keep it seem less but after watching it it the black isn’t bad at all on your bike. I like the aesthetic forward mindset, I keep that the same on my bike.

​@@kevankakes Ahh I see, do you have the Tech 4's or 3's? Yeah I mean, In the end all that matters is dying beautifully...' 😆

It has the standard two-hole bolt which is more or less standard so yeah, it would fit on my previous clamp for example

Hey, I got the mounts from Chainreaction, these are the tech 3 ones, but they had the tech 4 ones in stock last time i checked too!

Oh I thought the PNW ones look decent, but guess not eh, Haven't seen the Paul's before I'll look it up!

Hey Jack! For installing directly to the brakes, you'll need to have hope ones I'm pretty sure. So you'll need a dropper level mount for your bars in addition to the lever since it's delivered with only the lever.

​@@Frorideism It´s also compatible with the SRAM Matchmaker. I have mine direct mounted to SRAM Code´s.

Hey, you can read about the setups here: www.hopetech.com/_repository/1/documents/Tech3XCRShifterMountSelectionChart.pdf HBSP 325 RH and LH are the parts I have in this video. One for each side :)

@@Frorideism thanks

There are future plans for this, it will all unfold within time! ;)

Hey some of the older hope thangs are green! But I think those parts are super tough to find, def. have to go black market for that sht 😉😁 Got to love a little random color insert! Like your valves, i sort of wish i got my hubs in just a random spicy ass color you know

@@Frorideism I hear ya. You've got to be careful though, if you add too much colour it ends up looking like a christmas tree! Ideally I like a neutral coloured frame, mostly black or silver components and a few strongly coloured bits like hubs BB and headset to tip people off this might be a sleeper bike 😉

@@sandy_knight true true, and then it just looks silly, same goes for too many stickers.. I have some future plans to reduce some of the orangeness of this bike, but all in due time 😬 Sleeper bike haha yeah nice concept 👌

It's all a big sham! 🥸😁 For pistons as far as I know as long as you regularly check seals and keep them lubricated that should be enough to make them last, as shown in that video. How they actually retract I have no clue haha! Although I would guess that like other hydraulic systems it would be the vacuum created when pushing them out that also pushes them back in, I'm sure there's some in depth video in 240p about this somewhere on youtube!

@@Frorideism I used ChatGPT to find the right words to lead me to an answer. There had to be something with the seals being square and not round I thought. After a long trying of differently phrased ever more detailed questions I found the following - and after that I found more material on the internet confirming it: 1. “Suction” behind the pistons - but that is limited in force 2. The spring between the break pads - limited in force as well 3. Main force: the square seal being pushed against a sloped seating, deforming the seal while breaking - and pulling the piston back when the pressure of the oil drops when releasing the break lever. So, keeping the seating of the square O ring clean is essential. But as it is only accessible via a very narrow slid, keeping dirt out is essential. And cleaning the pistons and the inside of the calliper thoroughly actually increases the probability on fine dust getting in the slid. We have excellent Santos bikes and made long trips. The malfunctioning of the Hope Tech3 V4 callipers did grow into a very long search, including the bike manufacturer and even contact with Hope via them. Using DOT5.1 resistant lubricant paste as used for cars on the pistons (greasing but as well blocking the slid) did solve our problem so far. So far… we keep being suspicious and I have seen so many RU-vid videos on these breaks by now… So my appreciation for you videos is honest in comparison with many many others!

@@WinoSnip wooooow you went all in for that comment, love that 👌 Interesting read for sure, GPT has so many uses it's crazy, i used it to learn about the trails here in vancouver before coming here..! Mate most youtubers are so scared of pissing companies of haha, apart from people like Hambini etc, I find it strange, only the the big channels make money here anyhow.. If something's messed up why not say it or atleast be open to the possibility that some parts or features are simply bad design 😂

⁠thanks - it was not intended as a comment on Hope or Santos or the flag store bike shop where we bought our bikes some years ago… no, it’s about some apparently essential knowledge not being present at many involved. Not a complaint either to those involved, just an observation. And my struggle to get it all sorted out - as engineer. But when I was in need of assistance as our break pistons started not to with-track fully any more during a long trip, and I did not have a clue what was going on… that is where I felt euh… challenged to find it out myself. With help of others like yourself! Thanks for that!

Hey nah you need to get adapters seperately 👌

@@Frorideism thanks for getting back to me. as much as i love the lever, knowing i need adaptors i went with wolf tooth instead. it fixes straight to the brake clamps. hope look awesome though.

I got the tip to add some vaseline or grease right where the wire enters, just to bead away some of the water that may try run in along the wire, Could be a thing! Other than that so far the lever feels way more solid than any other's I've tried

Wait what do you mean ride a bike, people do that?

@@Frorideism 😂 Btw after checking out more videos of yours i subbed, i really like the style and the way you talk, the quality is really up there and you don't scream at the top of your lungs to keep the zoomers enganged. 9/10 pretty cool

@@R3ddyyg Yeah.. Who misses the time when youtube was more of a mixed creative outlet, without people trying to sell you shit every 3 seconds 🤔🙄 Thanks for joining my man 👌🥰

Do it! I mean, there could be other functions for it, weight increase, one-way shifting?? 👌Half of a fidget-spinner for your handlebars, endless opportunity

Hell yeah! And then you feel like a little girl with a new haircut when someone compliments the bling 👌😎

@@Frorideismhave you thought to remove the new anodised black adapter and take back to raw to match your lever and also brake calliper mount? Mmmmmmm delicious 😂🤘❤️🌈🕊️🌎

@@adrianwilkinson2547 Haha yaah maaaaaybe! Been eyeing this up for a while now and maybe the black actually stands out more than if it was matching, May get rid of the coating on it

The birth may or may not have been overdramatized, but yes that's actually a good tip! In a way I'm hoping my hosing gets a bit scuffed so I can get another color that goes better with the bike 🤫

@@Frorideism 😆

You knoooooow it!

Ooh yeah maybe!

I love it that's your take away from this video 😁

@@Frorideism Well, my aesthetic is all black but I just bought a silver bike and I’m trying to add a touch of red, but I can’t handle that much orange. You are asking why they made the adaptor black, I’m asking why they made the lever silver. I can’t f%^k with that.

@@justinfournier1285 I hear ya buddy, yeah this bike definitely looking a bit... Euro lolll, However, the reason for me going with the silver lever is for a future plan which involves more chrome and less orange 👀

@@Frorideism You would hate my bikes hahaha. Excited to see the new build!

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Oooh but I got these fancyass silver ones bruh!

Could actually be a nice lil' detail in there fo 'sho! Only had black, silver, blue or gold ones at home so went with the black, maybe i'll swap whenever I change the cable next time

Oh shit, hang on need to re-upload!

Watch me wear this sht round my neck rolling up to the club 💰👌

Den inger hopp!

Comment + suggestion = ? New question ?

Yo with that mindset you can't own anything in life, and sleep on a cardboard box! .. Wait I actually do that

Nah i mostly hang around on close to the trail head wishing for human connection