Whats the appeal with rear Hope Hubs?

ride_whenever

chris kings can be a bit of a pain, and require a decent set-up and a fair bit of tlc IIRC

projectsome

ride_whenever wrote:

chris kings can be a bit of a pain, and require a decent set-up and a fair bit of tlc IIRC

hmmmm maybe not then....

Tim.s

junglist_matty wrote:

Yeah, BUT... the question is not answered, has turned into a do you like the noise or not thread!

...What causes the noise to occur? ...Is it a marketing ploy or is there actually a reason why some hubs are very noisy?

Large pawls and strong springs.

I thought id hate mine but i dont really mind it, it depends very much on which bike its on, a freind has one on his Orange 5 and its loud, real loud I guess because of the big hollow swing arm. On my Marin is quieter.

llamafarmer

I quite like the noisy Hopes, they just sound industrial to me, like they're never ever going to break

supermonkey

Do all Hope hubs make the noise?

Chaz.Harding

ride_whenever wrote:

chris kings can be a bit of a pain, and require a decent set-up and a fair bit of tlc IIRC

Not so with mine. On my SS, I've not yet opened them up, to even lubricate them yet. No grinding, cool noise, and they spin for bloody AAAGES. I get bored waiting for them to stop...

Also, the Pro II hubs are LOUD. Whoever said they aint - WHAT??

But it can only be a good thing, right - if your coasting, you shoul dbe pedalling!!

Andy B

SuperMonkey wrote:

Do all Hope hubs make the noise?

XC & Pro series hubs do, not sure about the rest though.

The XC hubs are quieter than ProII's (steel freehub body too, so no cassettes trying to eat into them, unlike the alloy one on the ProII)