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Hardcore Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from DerbyDate Reviewed: May 7, 2002
Strengths: Stiff, lightweight,lovely in blue with a blue bomber fork and blue allen key skewer! CheapWeaknesses: Nothing yet!Bottom Line: Tracking round corners, stiff sexy colours. Bearings super smooth- no vibrations like shimano.Nuff said!
Favorite Trail: secret
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$80.00
Purchased At: shop
Similar Products Used: Alivio
Bike Setup: Trailstar,Z3 flylights, maggie front, 521CD's, lx, stx rc azonic bar and stem, dmr seat, pedals etc
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Jim
a Cross Country Rider
from Brighton, East Sussex, UKDate Reviewed: April 15, 2002
Strengths: strong, lightweight, maintainance free, cheap for how long it lasts.Weaknesses: none found yet.Bottom Line: I've had this hub 5 years. It has had no maintainance whatsoever. It still works like it was brand new. (The rear ti-glide is just the same).
Favorite Trail: Jersey Lane
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$60.00
Similar Products Used: all sorts
Bike Setup: hardtail
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James Bywater
a Cross Country Rider
from London, UKDate Reviewed: April 23, 2001
Strengths: Very strong! Good looks. No maintenanceWeaknesses: NoneBottom Line: My mate crashed my old Proflex XP-8 off a 10ft cliff. The front rim, spokes, and fork just snapped like a twig, and the frame was a bit bent too! The hub survived and I am still using it in a new wheel!
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: Noel Craft Cycles, Lincs, UK
Similar Products Used: LX hubs, and crappy stock ones.
Bike Setup: Proflex 957 with XT and a few nice bits.
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Neeek
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, AustraliaDate Reviewed: April 11, 2001
Strengths: Light
Strong
Stiff
Beautifully made
Maintenance freeWeaknesses: Not disc compatibleBottom Line: I used this hub for over 2 years. I never touched it. Never pulled it apart. It did it's job, looked great, stayed smooth as anything. Absolutely faultless. For V-brake users with suspension forks, this is the without doubt in my mind, the finest front hub ever made.
Favorite Trail: Secret...
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$90.00
Similar Products Used: Shimano LX/DX/XT/XTR hubs, other Hope hubs
Bike Setup: Alma - custom built alu chassis, Judy SL, XTR, Syncros, back in 1996...
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Ben (ICEMAN) Estdale
a Weekend Warrior
from Dover, Kent, England.Date Reviewed: September 28, 2000
Strengths: STRENGTH, Looks, Reliability, STRENGTH STRENGTH STRENGTH!!!!Weaknesses: NONEBottom Line: Totally solid rock hard piece of kit. nothing short of a miracle could have survived some of the stacks that I have had but the Fatso has survived and laughed at all of my mortal attempts to kill it. UNBREAKABLE, Hope Rock!!!
Favorite Trail: Penshurst
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$80.00
Purchased At: Activ Folkestone, Kent
Similar Products Used: STX-RC Parallax hub
Bike Setup: STS1000ds XTR/XT Groupo other top line stuff
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BRANDON GOULD
a Cross Country Rider
from NEWARK, DEDate Reviewed: July 10, 2000
Strengths: SIMPLEWeaknesses: NONEBottom Line: LACED UP THIS HUB TO A SUN CR18 WITH MARWI TI SPOKES.
THE WHEEL IS NOTCIABLY STIFFER THAN MY LAST AND IS GREAT ON 100MM TRAVEL FORKS. MAINTENANCE IS CAKE AND THE SEALS ARE GREAT. PREVIOUSLY HAD THE HOPE ULTRLIGHT AND IT IS STILL SMOOTH AS BUTTER AFTER 5 YEARS OF HARD RIDING. THIS COULD BE MY LAST FRONT HUB EVER. MIGHT NOT BE SUPER LIGHT WEIGHT BUT WHATS A FEW GRAMS FOR BEING BOMBPROOF.
Favorite Trail: CRACK HEAD BOB
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Similar Products Used: HOPE ULTRA LIGHT (5 YEARS NO PROBLEM)
Bike Setup: OWL HOLLOW
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Rob Valentine
a Downhiller
from Banbury UKDate Reviewed: June 8, 2000
Strengths: light strong lasted for 18 ,months with out a service (although i probably should service it) and it is still going strong. lasts a life time (probably,and hopefully (sorry about the pun)Weaknesses: pirce £60 sterling in real money, it's alot for a hub, but if it lasts for ever, who cares, no disc mountsBottom Line: this hub rules, the only time i'll replace it is when i will get the equally good hope disc brakes. i liked this hub so much i even went and got a bulb hub on the rear, (havn't got it yet, reveiw when i have ridden it though a british winter), these hubs can suvive a british winter unlike most hubs which are designed and tested in california. (listen hib manufaturers, test your hubs in a british winter, 'cause then you'll have a decent well sealed hub, with california it's dry all the time) it also stiffened up the manitou spyders i had before this hub (which is quite a feat)
Favorite Trail: as long as it's technical and down hill it's cool
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Similar Products Used: specialized crap
Bike Setup: '99 orange airo, marzocchi z3 long travel forks, built on to mavic d521 rims with DT spokes, (donno what gauge)
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