WMB Hope X2 £160 a pair???

scale20
scale20 Posts: 1,300
edited November 2009 in MTB general
Reading through the December '09 issue of WMB there is an article on some Formula RX brakes. On page 47 there is the usual 'also consider' option showing Hope X2 brakes for £160 a pair.

If anyone can show me where you get a pair of X2 brakes for £160 I'd be a very happy man! Been looking around and cheapest I can get is just over a ton for 1 brake.
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    I suspect it's a typo, or maybe caliper only price or something. Might be worth asking in the WMB section or dropping them a quick email.
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  • stevieboy
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    That's the RRP on each end, not both
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  • snapper52
    snapper52 Posts: 34
    Just bought pair of Avid Elixir 5s from Merlin for £135 includung r5otors. Awesome brakes after my Giant MPH Roots.
  • scale20
    scale20 Posts: 1,300
    stevieboy wrote:
    That's the RRP on each end, not both

    The mag states £160 (pair)

    I know its more than likely a missprint, but I still wouldn't mind a pair for that price 8)
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  • mellex
    mellex Posts: 214
    Noticed that myself. Nearly fell off the loo :lol:
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  • colintrav
    colintrav Posts: 1,074
    scale20 wrote:
    Reading through the December '09 issue of WMB there is an article on some Formula RX brakes. On page 47 there is the usual 'also consider' option showing Hope X2 brakes for £160 a pair.

    If anyone can show me where you get a pair of X2 brakes for £160 I'd be a very happy man! Been looking around and cheapest I can get is just over a ton for 1 brake.

    Were in an era of credit crunch financial crisis and have we seen drastic reductions in prices of bike gear ...

    I agree the prices for such EQ is getting beyond a joke .. they seem to think that bike riders are like Golfers willing to spend all sorts of cash on gear ..
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    colintrav wrote:
    scale20 wrote:

    I agree the prices for such EQ is getting beyond a joke .. they seem to think that bike riders are like Golfers willing to spend all sorts of cash on gear ..

    we are.
  • handful
    handful Posts: 920
    I ride mtbs and play golf........no wonder I'm skint :lol:

    Neither today though, course waterlogged so closed and blowin a gale so no ride likely either :(
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  • Johnny Napalm
    Johnny Napalm Posts: 1,458
    I agree the prices for such EQ is getting beyond a joke .. they seem to think that bike riders are like Golfers willing to spend all sorts of cash on gear ..

    Yeah, one of my mates has been saying, for the past few years, that 'mtb is the new golf'.

    However, it does appear that some are prepared to pay astronomical prices for bikes and equipment, which is their choice of course. On the other hand I do know a few, who have been riding for aeons, and are now considering moving away from the mtb game and finding something less expensive to do.
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  • grumsta
    grumsta Posts: 994
    On the other hand I do know a few, who have been riding for aeons, and are now considering moving away from the mtb game and finding something less expensive to do.

    It's only expensive if you let it be though - you can get by just fine with deore etc. It's just that we are all tempted by the shiney shiney.

    I mean, I just spent £50 on a stem FFS! It was a moment of weakness. :)

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