Ashley Smith

ceaser canas :)

the try-all hope brake is exactly the same as the standard hope mono trial? so how would this work differently, the only differnce is the colour of anodise used on the brakes? to be honest they're the best brakes ive ever used.......... i first tried one around 2 years ago when it was in the design and development stages........absolutely mint if set up correctly. ash

that rotor does'nt look quite right? it looks like a rotoe designed for the old hope xc4 brake because the surface area for the braking surface on the old mini's was quite large, as they were wavy rotors, from which you could have names etc laser cut? it would probably work better with the correct rotor, which was either a 165mm or a 185mm ash

i would'nt have thought they'd have been as strong due to there being less material there. stick with the stanadard rotor thats what the brake was designed and tested with ash

theyre horrible dont buy one buy a t-pro or new t-mag instead (Y)

from what i can remeber these frames were quite light at about 1.825 kg, with a chainstay length of 385mm made out of ultra 6 aluminium, i'm not sure about the wheelbase i think it was about 1045mm, edit price was about £295 for an origianl regards ash (Y)

Probably the best option would be have it tig welded by a proffesional, aluminium is quite difficult to weld correctly, due to its properties. Also to be taken into account is the fact that the properties of the aluminium will change once it has been welded due to the extreme temperatures that it experiences, in theory it will be softer and more likely to break.........especially in a high stress area such as the brakes.................. My advice would be to leave it and use the standard magura mounts with a booster, it seems a great deal easier than welding.... especially aluminium Regards ash :turned:

the best combination i have used so far is koxx green pads on a ground try-all rim, excellent breaking power, on and off with no modulation, solid feel............. regards ash :turned:

the information chain reaction cycles have displayed is incorrect..................... that is of earlier models the engement on the production hubs will be 48 ep cheers ash B)

i believe that the trials version ratchet body/ driveshell will be made of either titanium or steel wheras the standard version will have just aluminium, but all of the hubs i have used have had alloy driveshells and they have all been ok regards ash B)

the pro 2 t has stronger internals i.e. thicker axle......... stronger ratchet body to cope with the stresses of trials regards ash B)

what the fcuk? ive had 5 of these hubs and none of them have had 24 engagement points? all mine have had either 36,48 or 72 its chain reaction they don't know what there fculing on about........oh well there irish i suppose............ there are gonna be two models....... pro 2 T the T model stands for trials pro 2 this will be an allround hub for xc/dh etc they are one of the lightest iso disc hubs available................. they are currently in the final devolopement stages, i estimate around september for release.......along with the pro 2 front hub any questions ? pm me for details

cleanbikes are offering them at lower prices for the world round check them out......................... >_<

Anybody wanting a hope pro 2 trials hubs will have to wait a while.......... its going into the final stage of development this week............ providing there is no faults with our new spring and pawl design all should be well.....with a weight of 285 grams for an iso disc rear hub it is very light yet still has the strength........i am sure it will be worth the wait. As far as the pro 2 front hub is concerned there are no problems yet I expect a release date of around september. Any questions about this hub just ask................... >_< regards ash

that bike looks nice ;)

the dust caps were on ale at the bike show this year (Y) ash

the bike belongs to woody at hope its his kids, custom froks on the front and bling gold components.............mint ash :blink:

when did hope stop with the purple components? can't quite seem to remeber this happening? i'm pretty sure they still do the anodised purple components ash :)

ive seen a set and they look similar to the try-all shoes, contact www.selectbikes.com for more information ash

don't think the new hope trials hub has a few more bearings, they still have the same amount, they have increased the axle diameter for increased stiffnesss thats all, and it is no where near ready yet we are still having minor problems with skipping regards ash

not sure superglue would work like but try it at least if not another way would be to put an old smaller allen key into the bolt head then put a tack of weld onto the bolthead and the allen key and then it should be fine............. :- regards ash

this in a way is not true though, because the brakes are designed for completely different purposes, i.e. mono m4 is designed to be used for long decents because they work better when they get hot, therfore not to be used for trials which is more on and off, thats why mine never worked on my trial bike, now its on an dh rig and it is shit hot, whereas the mono trial locks perfectly on my trial bike, due to the piston size in relation to the m4's also putting some goodridge hose on an m4 would not increase power? all it would do is increase the leaver feel stiffness regards ash :mellow:

either try that or have the bolt machined out with a carbide cutter, thats how we get broken bolts out at work :mellow: regards ash