Development of our original rear cassette hub offering sealed cartridge bearings and our own, proven, three pawl ratchet mechanism and either steel or titanium cassette body.
Submitted by
Michael
a Cross Country Rider
from Akron OH USA Date Reviewed: November 22, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Tsali
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At:
ebay
Strengths:
Light and simple to service
Weaknesses:
Really flexible axle
Similar Products Used:
TNT, Ringle, M900 XTR, M730 XT, XC Pro, etc
Bike Setup:
McMahon Ti mit mix of NOS retro and new.
Bottom Line:
I was stoked to get this hub as I really like the Hope headset I have on this bike. Unfortunately if anything this hub makes me feel like a really powerful stud as it doesn't seem to take much effort on my part to pull the hub out of the right dropout when I get out of the saddle to crank hard up a hill or from a stop. I have to really crank the skewer down to keep the wheel in place. I have NEVER had a problem with any other hub in this frame, so it isn't the frame. And having to crank the skewer down that much seems to make the bearings drag a bit. Suck!
The only other time I have experienced something similar was on old Mavic hubset with alloy axles I had built into a wheelset on my old road back back in the late 80s. If I stood up and hammered and the skewer wasn't really cranked down the wheel would cock in the chromed Campy horizonal dropouts. Thing is the frame I am using the Hope hub in has vertical dropouts, yet when I really hammer the wheels pulls out of the right dropout and jams the wheel into the left chainstay.
I know some dingleberry on this site will call BS on me, but what I wrote above is 100% fact.
Thing is I was told by 'experts' on this site that a larger diameter alloy axle was supposed to be stiffer than a 10mm steel axle in an old XTR hub. Apparently not. Also physically not since Al is only something like a 1/3 as stiff as steel and an Al tube has to increase by something like 50% to become as stiff as a 10mm steel hollow axle.
But what leaves me even more puzzled is I can't duplicate this issue on this bike with either a wheel built with a TNT hub (Ti axle) or Ringle Super 8 (Al axle?) So what's the deal?
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Submitted by
Jeff
a
from London, UK Date Reviewed: September 15, 2004
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Strengths:
Looks good, seems to work fine.
Weaknesses:
Noisy!
Similar Products Used:
Shimano LX
Bottom Line:
Well, I've never had problems with hubs- either my old Shimanos or my current Hopes. The Hopes work fine and the 'boutique' look is great. The only gripe I have is that the rear hub is NOISY. Whilst this might be the sign of a good hub, had I known just how noisy the clicking would be, I would have looked for something else. One of the things I like about cycling is that it is so quiet when cruising around and the Hopes really intrude aurally.
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Submitted by
mike
a Cross Country Rider
from st. louis Date Reviewed: October 21, 2002
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Strengths:
Lightweight. Replaceable cartridge bearings. Almost bulletproof
Weaknesses:
Inner ratchet drive ring can break loose
Similar Products Used:
various shimano units
Bike Setup:
American ELF frame. XTR, Old Synchros, Hope, White Industries, CaneCreek Thudbuster
Bottom Line:
I've had mine for 4 years and had to replace the cartridge bearings after 3 years of hard XC use, thats OK, not too hard to do, $25 in beaarings and were back to new condition. Now the BAD NEWS. Long steep hill, the inner ratchet drive ring broke loose from the hub. I sent the parts in and Hope is going to rebuild/replace for $50. That is the mark of a good company to make right after 4 years of use.
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Submitted by
Toby Brayley
a Cross Country Rider
from Fareham, Hampshire, England Date Reviewed: April 10, 2002
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At:
Action Bikes
Strengths:
Strong light , and very smooth and durable with good write ups every where and from every rider!!!! XC or Trials
Weaknesses:
Havnt found any yet
Similar Products Used:
LX Rear hub very god but need a lighter change
Bike Setup:
Trek 4500 with XT groupset dx pedals bomber Z5 s D521s on hope monos lots of other extras as well!
Bottom Line:
Supered quality and affordable hub well recommend to the XC Jeyboy and wieght obseessed trials rider!, super super smooth hub!
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