For those without Hope Hubs.....

Kaise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvGGuN8 ... ata_player

nicklouse

more like for those of you with Hope hubs.

for when they are back for warrenty fixing

schmako

BEAST MODE

I want 25 of them!!

Stevo_666

Should have some optional neons to go with that :-D

Never understood why Hope hubs are so popular when they make such a beedin' annoying noise?

spongtastic

How long before Orange offer them as a £250 upgrade?

sheepsteeth

Stevo 666 wrote:

Never understood why Hope hubs are so popular when they make such a beedin' annoying noise?

i have had a couple of sets and both sounded like a sandbag of hub parts falling down the stairs, flipping horrible. look good though.

IcarusGreen

Or you could just stick a crushed coke can next to your tyre!

I prefer a bike that the only noise you hear is the sound of the tyres against the ground!

Briggo

Stevo 666 wrote:

Should have some optional neons to go with that :-D

Never understood why Hope hubs are so popular when they make such a beedin' annoying noise?

I love annoying people like you with mine.

lawman

what briggo says i love the sound of a loud hub, the noisier the better!! tune hubs are the loudest ive heard, jeezup wept they put hope to shame!

cat_with_no_tail

lawman wrote:

what briggo says i love the sound of a loud hub, the noisier the better!! tune hubs are the loudest ive heard, jeezup wept they put hope to shame!

Is that true?

Tune hubs are almost certainly going to be on my next wheelset, and I farkin hate the sound of hope hubs. I can see me slapping a tub of grease on the pawls if that's the case.

DT are the best sounding hubs I've owned. They just sound "well built"

Stevo_666

Briggo wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Should have some optional neons to go with that :-D

Never understood why Hope hubs are so popular when they make such a beedin' annoying noise?

I love annoying people like you with mine.

Not a problem for me, I just don't ride with tw@ts who use Hopes ;-)

lawman

Cat With No Tail wrote:

lawman wrote:

what briggo says i love the sound of a loud hub, the noisier the better!! tune hubs are the loudest ive heard, jeezup wept they put hope to shame!

Is that true?

Tune hubs are almost certainly going to be on my next wheelset, and I farkin hate the sound of hope hubs. I can see me slapping a tub of grease on the pawls if that's the case.

DT are the best sounding hubs I've owned. They just sound "well built"

well for your ears to judge :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfmL97uI7zQ

i quite like dt's tbf, its just that the tunes are so light, slightly cheaper, and sound incredible!!

Thewaylander

I more worried about there record for falling to bits than the noise lol.

Seen about 5 hope hubs set back in the last year and a half in my house hold and that was 2 people riding on hopes(not me i may add). but on topic... Vrooooom vrooomvrooooooooooom i want!!

giantorangedale

Try pedalling more.

The Rookie

If you like the noise (why?) the Superstar hubs seem just as noisy, are cheaper, just as blingy (barring the name!) and more reliable....

Simon

njee20

tune hubs are the loudest ive heard, jeezup wept they put hope to shame!

My Tunes were far less annoying than Hopes, wouldn't have said they were anywhere near as loud frankly. They did fall apart and need fixing at obscene expense twice in 9 months though. Never again.

240s sound good, and are virtually silent when greased.

1mancity2

Stevo 666 wrote:

Never understood why Hope hubs are so popular when they make such a beedin' annoying noise?

Marmite!

bluechair84

-1 potato for noise. I can live with my hope hubs but I'd rather they shut up from time to time. However... I might make a few of these from some Coke bottles and fit them to everyone's bikes to ride the Alps this year :twisted:

cat_with_no_tail

njee20 wrote:

tune hubs are the loudest ive heard, jeezup wept they put hope to shame!

My Tunes were far less annoying than Hopes, wouldn't have said they were anywhere near as loud frankly. They did fall apart and need fixing at obscene expense twice in 9 months though. Never again.

240s sound good, and are virtually silent when greased.

Njee, what tune hubs did you use, and in what way did they fall apart, and why so expensive to fix? Did you have the super blingy carbon 1-piece jobbies?

njee20

I had an older Kong Superscharf, with a carbon axle, into which the end caps are bonded. I had 2 freehub bodies break up (completely - bits of alloy and pawls everywhere!), and because it was a one piece job it had to be unbuilt, sent back and have the end cap cut off, new freehub body and then be glued back together.

Over £90 a time, luckily I can build wheels, otherwise you can add an unbuild/rebuild to that too! The bearings lasted months too, but again short of dismantling the wheel there was nothing you can do.

I realise the normal Kongs are 'user serviceable', and allegedly freehub body longeivty is now better, but I'd not bother again. My A2Z have proven more reliable, 1/3 the cost, and near as damn it the same weight.