Hope Mono Rear Hub

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:49:00 GMT

The MONO hub available from Hope comes in either a steel or titanium cassette body and has sealed cartridge bearings. We have liked Hope hubs for a while mainly for the fact that they are designed with sealed bearing to make it easy to service.

They defiantly look the part machined from one piece they look clean and solid. We built these up onto Mavic XC7171 rims with conventional V-brakes. The reliability from the hope brand has always been good so these are no exception, we used these fro several months clocking up a lot of miles and they were still silky smooth at the end. We have heard reports that they can be noisy but we found them to be ok.

They weigh in at around 355g making them ideal for XC. Overall they are a solid design at a good price, the cartridge bearings are a piece of cake but they are so reliable you shouldn’t be taking them apart too often.

Hope Mono Mini 183mm

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:34:00 GMT

After installing the levers and setting it up it seems that these leaves will not appeal to everyone. This is due to the levers running very close to the bars, but if you like that then they are ideal!

They do also feel different to use than others we have used it may be due to the mono-block calliper but more likely due to how the lever works and the actuation ratios it uses. All together they give a very responsive braking system for £120 .

Personally we would go for the more expensive carbon option as the leavers are more comfortable. Both versions have the same stopping power and now have rounded clamps to stop the leaver clamps scraping carbon bars.

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Hope Mono Rear Hub

Hope Mono Mini 183mm