Hope cassette body

tarbot18

Hi Halfords have finally got my hope and stans crest rear wheel in after a month of waiting, but after reading a comment on these forums im a little concerned about putting the standard basic sram cassette back on.

Someone on here made a comment about cheap cassette's that as they are made of steel they will kill the alloy hope cassette body and its best to get an alloy cassette ie xt to match.

True, [email protected] or none of the above ?

I could do without forking out £40 for another cassette at the mo with a holiday around the corner :roll: cheers.

nicklouse

yes they cut into the freebody you should use a cassette where the rings are on a carrier.

notr this is for the alloy freebody (not the steel one)

tarbot18

cheers nick , this is the hope pro2 evo rear hub i assume this is alloy , looks like an xt from crc they doing them for £41 at the mo doh

njee20

It's far less of an issue than people think IMO, yes they dig in a bit, but it's not the end of the world. I use a cheap cassette on my alu freehub on my winter road bike, it doesn't really make much difference. The small sprockets dig in anyway on an XT etc cassette.

Wouldn't worry too much if you're not planning to replace your transmission currently.

tarbot18

cheers njee ill put the original back on for a month or 2 then till i have some spare dosh then probably get an slx one for £32 knocks a good chunk of weight too which is always good.

*AJ*

I've ran a cheap 11-25T cassette on my hope pro2 for the last year or so, not had any issues, but I have just bought a new Cassette now I'm riding more trails than DH, I went with an 11-34T XT because CRC have them cheap at the mo as you have seen!

I'm guessing my free hub will be chewed up a bit, but I'm hoping to be able to just fit the XT one without having to replace it! Can anybody see why I wouldn't be able too?...

supersonic

I've seen alu hubs rip right through all the splines with cheap cassettes. A lot will depend on your weight and how you mash the gears though.

File any edges down, and fit the XT.

Penylope

Based on personal experience, so long as weight isn't much of an issue you would be better off fitting your current cassette and using that. Then, when funds allow, replace the (worn) freehub with a steel one.
That way you can fit any cassette you feel like when they wear out, which should be more often than the freehub itself.
I have a 9spd XT cassette on my ht and the smaller (individual) rings have eaten into the ally freehub body already!

tarbot18

Well im not a race wippet im 14st and tend to put a lot of power through my crank and and im heavy with the gears doh ive put the original cassette back but im gonna put an xt or slx one on next month when funds allow.

On a side note i nearly threw through the wheel through a window last night after fighting for 2 hours to get a tyre on !
I know ideally crest rims are for tubeless but apparently they do take take tubes as i battled one onto my front , couldnt sort the back one last night but after looking at youtube for tips gonna have another go tonight or is it worth turning to the dark site and considering going tubeless :-\
I worry that when i get a puncture in the middle of nowhere ill be there for hours trying to fix the puncture with tubes ?

The Rookie

1/ Make sure you push the part of the bead already on the rim into the well in the middle - make sure the tube isn't inflated enough to stop this happening
2/ NEVER finish putting it on opposite the valve as the bead will never go into the well in the rim where the valve is in the way, try and finish at 90 degrees to the valve,
3/ Never tighten the retaining locknut on the valve (by all means put it on loosely) until the tyre is on the rim as it pulls the valve/tube outwards and makes it harder.

tarbot18

Cheers mr beginner, im gonna try some of those tips tonight, im still a bit worried about punctures in the middle of nowhere as i tend to do 30 or 40 milers quite often on my 29er but im hoping the tyres may loosen up a bit once on .

I suppose the only way ill find out is when i get my first puncture and go from there .

*AJ*

18 months use with a cheapo Tiagra cassette on a hope alloy freehub body, weighing 16 stone, and being a pedal masher and this was the damage...



Cassette slid off easily!

Maybe I was just lucky?

lochussie

Even with expensive cassettes, the few single sprockets dig into the Hope alloy freehub. I replaced mine with the steel one, planning to save money by using cheap Deore cassettes. Six months of normal riding in and it's pretty cut up already. Not impressed.

The Rookie

Never cut up a steel one at all....you sure it is steel?

*AJ*

The Beginner wrote:

Never cut up a steel one at all....you sure it is steel?

This.

My old hope sport hub has no marks, dents or anything in it after years and years of use!

njee20

Steel ones definitely shouldn't mark much at all, sounds like it wasn't actually steel!

lochussie

It was certainly sold to me as steel and was much heavier than the one that I took off. I'll look more closely next time the cassette is off.

The Rookie

Magnet should do it!