Hope for the future

New hub fitted and working. On the advice of t'committee I went for the Hope, which is a bit tight
in the dropouts (no thread on the axle) but seems smooth and quiet.

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Just zis Guy, you know? must be edykated coz e writed:

> New hub fitted and working. On the advice of t'committee I went for the Hope, which is a bit tight
> in the dropouts (no thread on the axle) but seems smooth and quiet.
Why on earth did you go with Hope?

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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:03:03 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <abuse@demon.co.uk> wrote:

>New hub fitted and working. On the advice of t'committee I went for the Hope, which is a bit tight
>in the dropouts (no thread on the axle) but seems smooth and quiet.

If you wanted to give you new wheel a name, you could call it Obi-Wan, after all it is Your
Only Hope.

John T. Remove the singers of Spam before replying

Ian wrote:

> Why on earth did you go with Hope?

Because a Several of people recommended them and I like the sealed bearing design, and because the
bike shop could get one easily, and because it wasn't that much dearer than an XT.

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John Tomlinson quipped:
> If you wanted to give you new wheel a name, you could call it Obi-Wan, after all it is Your
> Only Hope.

Groan!

I'll get your coat...

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"Just zis Guy, you know?" <abuse@demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Ian wrote:
>
> > Why on earth did you go with Hope?
>
> Because a Several of people recommended them and I like the sealed bearing design, and because the
> bike shop could get one easily, and because it wasn't that much dearer than an XT.

how much was it and which one?

cheers, clive

Just zis Guy, you know? must be edykated coz e writed:

> Ian wrote:
>
>> Why on earth did you go with Hope?
>
> Because a Several of people recommended them and I like the sealed bearing design, and because the
> bike shop could get one easily, and because it wasn't that much dearer than an XT.
That's ok then, I'm one of the people who recommended them, good aren't they?

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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> Because a Several of people recommended them and I like the sealed bearing design, and because the
> bike shop could get one easily, and because it wasn't that much dearer than an XT.

Apparently they have a chunkier freewheel/pawl design than ShimaNO as well so should be less likely
to fail after a lot of hammering. Reports on them needing to be "worn in" seem alarming, though.

~PB

Clive George wrote:

> how much was it and which one?

The wheel build with it and new spokes was just under a ton, as to which one it is - "a black one."
I haven't a clue! Imagine. Not very shrewd of me I know, but I let the bike shop bloke choose the
appropriate model. It's a disc brake version.

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Ian wrote:

>>> Why on earth did you go with Hope?

>> Because a Several of people recommended them and I like the sealed bearing design, and because
>> the bike shop could get one easily, and because it wasn't that much dearer than an XT.

> That's ok then, I'm one of the people who recommended them, good aren't they?

Naughty leg-pulling type Ian.

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Pete Biggs wrote:

> Reports on them needing to be "worn in" seem alarming, though.
>

Think of it as an extra form of the "T" word, Pete. My rear one feels a little stiff after
13,000 km.

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"Just zis Guy, you know?" <abuse@demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2uc571-mu8.ln1@chapmancentral.demon.co.uk...
> Clive George wrote:
>
> > how much was it and which one?
>
> The wheel build with it and new spokes was just under a ton, as to which
one
> it is - "a black one." I haven't a clue! Imagine. Not very shrewd of me I know, but I let the bike
> shop bloke choose the appropriate model. It's
a
> disc brake version.

Not bad value - cheapest hope at wiggle is 85 quid, so 15 for new spokes/build is pretty good.
Still, XT should have come in at about half that, which isn't really 'not much more' :-)

(Whether the extra price is worth it is a different point - I hope it was for us since we destroyed
an XT freehub quite quickly, but that was on a tandem)

cheers, clive

Just zis Guy, you know? must be edykated coz e writed:

> Ian wrote:
>
>>>> Why on earth did you go with Hope?
>
>>> Because a Several of people recommended them and I like the sealed bearing design, and because
>>> the bike shop could get one easily, and because it wasn't that much dearer than an XT.
>
>> That's ok then, I'm one of the people who recommended them, good aren't they?
>
> Naughty leg-pulling type Ian.
hehehe
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