The Fatso is designed to eliminate flex from wobbly suspension forks. The oversized hub body serves as support for the legs, increasing the forks tracking in corners and eliminating brake rub on sprints. The Fatso has sealed aircraft bearings, ensuring a smooth ride no mattet the conditions. To top it off, this amazing hub features Hopes' lifetime warranty.
Submitted by
James Bywater
a Cross Country Rider
from London, UK
Date Reviewed: April 23, 2001
Strengths: Very strong! Good looks. No maintenance
Weaknesses: None
Bottom 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!
Similar Products Used: LX hubs, and crappy stock ones.
Bike Setup: Proflex 957 with XT and a few nice bits.
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Submitted by
Neeek
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2001
Strengths: Light Strong Stiff Beautifully made Maintenance free
Weaknesses: Not disc compatible
Bottom 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.
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!!!
Bike Setup: STS1000ds XTR/XT Groupo other top line stuff
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Submitted by
BRANDON GOULD
a Cross Country Rider
from NEWARK, DE
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2000
Strengths: SIMPLE
Weaknesses: NONE
Bottom 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.
Similar Products Used: HOPE ULTRA LIGHT (5 YEARS NO PROBLEM)
Bike Setup: OWL HOLLOW
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Submitted by
Rob Valentine
a Downhiller
from Banbury UK
Date 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 mounts
Bottom 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)
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