FINDUS Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 (edited) Hi guys i have a hope pro 2 trials rear hub its a 135 length hub. What i want to try and work out is if there is a way to change it from the 135 to 116 spacing? any info would be great thanks in advance.. Edited November 25, 2009 by FINDUS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey1991 Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 It is possiable, you need to be able to machine down the axles etc.Several people have done it/ had it done on here.To be honest i wouldn't it seems more hastle than its worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant wildman Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I can see why you would want to do , but i think if hope havent made it , that there is no point in trying to bodge somthing together .sounds like a huge amount of work for somthing that i doubt will work well and will have to be built onto a over dished wheel, just wont last .sorry to give a negative point of view , just think there a probably better options out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I've looked into it and measured it up, it can be done, but if you want the disc mount to be usable, you will hit some problems.If the disc mount is to be usable, then you need to take all of the width off the drive shell, which means the flange spacings are on the toss, the wheel would need a 8-10mm dish off to the drive side, which is actually easily doable. Mountain bike wheels have had dishes bigger than that for 20 years, you just need to work out the spoke legnths carefully.It can be done, and if done properly it will last fine. You'd need to lose a bearing from the drive shell by my reckoning, but there are two in there anyway, it'll be fine.The only other problem would be chain line, you won't be left with a lot of adjustment in the sprocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.McMillan Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 (edited) Hi guys i have a hope pro 2 trials rear hub its a 135 length hub. What i want to try and work out is if there is a way to change it from the 135 to 116 spacing? any info would be great thanks in advance..there looking into making one Edited November 26, 2009 by T.McMillan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Smith Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 we made one last year, something me owen and wayne had been working on, ive got a 116 spaced fixed rear hope hub on the monty, we also made a baby pro 2, never got round to making any more due to other projects.maybe in the future?ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 we made one last year, something me owen and wayne had been working on, ive got a 116 spaced fixed rear hope hub on the monty, we also made a baby pro 2, never got round to making any more due to other projects.maybe in the future?ashWhat other projects?Work on the 116 pro 2, you could make a killing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO2 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 A Pro II Trials/Singlespeed would not work. The hub shell is zero dish and is wide. Plus it is 6sp so limited material to mod.A Pro II would work as you can just shorten the drive shell down, axle and maybe a little bit on the disc side. Best bet is get a dead Pro II trials and see if the drive shell will work due to the length it is on the std Pro II hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 A Pro II Trials/Singlespeed would not work. The hub shell is zero dish and is wide. Plus it is 6sp so limited material to mod.A Pro II would work as you can just shorten the drive shell down, axle and maybe a little bit on the disc side. Best bet is get a dead Pro II trials and see if the drive shell will work due to the length it is on the std Pro II hub.Errm, dude it's been done. I've also measured it up and it's definately possible.The hub shell is zero dish, but that doesn't mean to so you can't build it with a dish, to move the rim 10mm over to the left requires a tiny difference in the angles of the spokes.You can also take material off both side of the hub, that's how danny swindlehurst's was done, but it makes the disc mount useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley-Wood Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) What other projects?Work on the 116 pro 2, you could make a killing.+1 i would buy one straight away..it can be done... aint danny swindlehurst running one at the moment? edit: just see muels post lol Edited November 27, 2009 by Ashley-Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO2 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Errm, dude it's been done. I've also measured it up and it's definately possible.The hub shell is zero dish, but that doesn't mean to so you can't build it with a dish, to move the rim 10mm over to the left requires a tiny difference in the angles of the spokes.You can also take material off both side of the hub, that's how danny swindlehurst's was done, but it makes the disc mount useless.Pro II trials is a different shell to the std Pro II. It's wider. I know you can build a wheel with with dish. I have been a avid viewer here for ages. Everyone is forgetting one person whom did this. Edd Potts, he made a Hope XC or Blub not sure which fit a mod. Was way before all this Pro II rubbish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Burrows Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Pro II trials is a different shell to the std Pro II. It's wider. I know you can build a wheel with with dish. I have been a avid viewer here for ages. Everyone is forgetting one person whom did this. Edd Potts, he made a Hope XC or Blub not sure which fit a mod. Was way before all this Pro II rubbish!Muel knows about the different hub shells, and as he said if you read his post properly, he has done the measurements and believes there is enough room. Personally I think the only proper way to do it would be to lose the disc mount and take as much off the NDS as possible, and then you can keep all the bearings in. You could make a mod Bulb or XC like Ed, but why modify weak hubs when the vastly superior Pro II is available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO2 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Muel knows about the different hub shells, and as he said if you read his post properly, he has done the measurements and believes there is enough room. Personally I think the only proper way to do it would be to lose the disc mount and take as much off the NDS as possible, and then you can keep all the bearings in. You could make a mod Bulb or XC like Ed, but why modify weak hubs when the vastly superior Pro II is available?At the time the Pro II was not even on a frawing bord thats why! I still say it has to be a STD MTB Pro II. The Shell width is too much for 116mm then plus drive and thus keeping disc mount. I will measure mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 I've said it before... ISO2, simmer down with the attitude a bit an you'll be a much better contributor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO2 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 I've said it before... ISO2, simmer down with the attitude a bit an you'll be a much better contributor.Okay sorry but i really would do some measuring and checking out. It might be more aparant after you have had a Pro II in hand not as a wheel or in bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 You're right, its not like I've owned a load of Pro2s before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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