Difference between F & R Hope Tech brakes ?

BG2000
BG2000 Posts: 517
edited April 2013 in MTB workshop & tech
Might seem an odd question but if I obtain two front Hope Tech EVO series brakes (2012 model, ready assembled with lever, hose and caliper) is there anything stopping me running them together on the same bike, one for the Front and the other for the Rear ?

Obviously I'd need to fit a rear length hose to one of them.

Hope state that their Tech levers are flip-flop. Is there such thing as a Front or Rear specific lever, or do Hope just make the same model of the Tech lever to fit both sides ?

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  • vala
    vala Posts: 197
    Both front and rear are the same.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    As vala says, with flip flop levers you just need a rear length hose and redo one set as a rear and your away.
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    generally the rear is 20mm smaller than the front in size when mounted, so a 203mm front will work as a 180mm rear etc.
    other wise they are the same, just the hoses and occasionally levers,
    Timmo.
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  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    allthegearnoidea wrote:
    generally the rear is 20mm smaller than the front in size when mounted, so a 203mm front will work as a 180mm rear etc.
    other wise they are the same, just the hoses and occasionally levers,

    Rubbish!

    The calliper on modern brakes are the same front or rear, you just buy the correct adaptor to fit
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    Not rubbish at all, if you were to buy an IS mount caliper that fitted as a 180mm front, putting the Same caliper on the Rear runs 20mm smaller and would run 160mm, Obviously If you buy an adaptor it will run the Same on the rear as front, but you'd have to buy a IS+20 adaptor! ;-)

    Post mounts are still the same in terms that a caliper that would sit on the mounts up front as a 180mm would sit on the rear mounts as a 160mm,
    The Caliper itself is No different, just the Mounts on the frame!
    Timmo.
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  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    Read what the OP asked and what I wrote. The OP asked if there was any difference between the brakes, not the frame and you said that the rear brake is 20mm smaller. You are giving very confusing statements by contradicting yourself with the last sentence as well.
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    If you Read What I Originally posted you would have seen the 'When Mounted' in the opening sentence! Hence the comment about the difference in Size of brake,
    Timmo.
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  • RevellRider
    RevellRider Posts: 1,794
    When mounted using an IS calliper of the same dimensions, to an IS frame and fork, without any adaptors, yes the rear rotor is 20mm smaller. That is not the question the OP was asking. The information you provided was mis-leading, it reads that the rear brake is smaller when it is not.
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon.
  • RobJ20
    RobJ20 Posts: 48
    The Techs are identical in all except hose length. Just shorten one of them, you can reuse Hope fittings as well so wont cost anything except for some fluid.

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