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Difference between Hope Pro 2s and Shimano XT hubs?
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richg1979
supersonic wrote:
Shimano don't do years, they do model numbers - what weighed 560g?.

it was a m756 the weight was without qr sqewer.

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Get better scales.

Of course, Hope has the downside to end all downside, the infernal racket. That's the sole reason I had my wheels built on XT. Though YMMV of course Wink

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Of course, Hope has the downside to end all downside, the infernal racket. That's the sole reason I had my wheels built on XT.


+1 every Hope freehub should come with earplugs

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Or at least earplugs for everyone else Laughing

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dave_hill
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Of course, Hope has the downside to end all downside, the infernal racket.


That, my friend, is the sound of precision Northern engineering.

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Northwind wrote:
Of course, Hope has the downside to end all downside, the infernal racket.


That, my friend, is the sound of precision Northern engineering.


Or a sound representing the pitter patter of of customers footsteps walking away from purchasing them. Very Happy

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I don't get what the problem is with it.

Personally I prefer the roar of a big hairy-chested American V8 over an all but silent but probably monstrously more efficient Japanese inline four.

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dave_hill wrote:
Northwind wrote:
Of course, Hope has the downside to end all downside, the infernal racket.


That, my friend, is the sound of precision Northern engineering.


Or a sound representing the pitter patter of of customers footsteps walking away from purchasing them. Very Happy


The noise deffo put me off speccing them for my new wheels. I would have liked to support British engineering and I do own other bits of Hope kit but the thought of listening to that bloody racket for the next few years put me right off.

Cant they precisely engineer them so they are a bit quieter dont have to be Shimano quiet just not sounding like a concrete mixer.

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ride_whenever
It really isn't that bad...

But quality northen engineering? Just like sturmey archer perhaps, where the tolerances were measured in the number of times you had to hit it with a hammer to get it to fit...

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If I'd want to introduce an unnecessary sound to my bike I'd cellotape a lolly pop stick to the seatstay.. Wink

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But quality northen engineering? Just like sturmey archer perhaps, where the tolerances were measured in the number of times you had to hit it with a hammer to get it to fit...
Laughing Laughing

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richg1979
i love the noise of my hope hub and its good for when you come up behind riders on a trail, a quick coast to get it clicking soon makes them get out the way.

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simmo3801
I'm not sure what all the fuss is about! I ride twice a week with 4 or 5 mates who nearly all have hope hubs and I've never noticed the noise. I did previously ride road bikes with a set of Campagnolo wheels which were renowned for the same noise so maybe I'm just used to it........

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richg1979
there not too bad with a std qr sqewer but are quite loud with a rear axle.

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simmo3801
I'll be using standard q/r skewers anyway, cheers

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dave_hill
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Just like sturmey archer perhaps, where the tolerances were measured in the number of times you had to hit it with a hammer to get it to fit...


A well you see that's where you're wrong. Sturmey Archer were in the Midlands. Just think of how good they would have been if they'd spent less time on strike... Shocked

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Eranu
I was disappointed with how quiet they were tbh :/

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HandjobDan
Love the sound of my Hope's too, and so do my mates, who mostly have factory specced Shimano Hubs.

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llamafarmer
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Or a sound representing the pitter patter of of customers footsteps walking away from purchasing them. Very Happy


I like it, I reckon it sounds industrial and reliable, like an old clock Laughing My Shimano hub has gone almost silent since it was serviced and I don't like it.

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That clicking sound is a reminder that you should be pedalling.

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