Hope Pro 2 Trials Hub

[T.McMillan]

The hope pro 2 trials hub has a smaller casette section so u can only fit 6 gears on! can anyone tell me if they are using 6 working gears on a pro 2 trials hub, tell me what components they are using, can u use a 8spd shifter and 8spd mech but just use 6 of the gears?

Edited October 15, 2006 by speedyjustice

[Lawnmowerman]

Just get a 6 speed shifter and use the limit screws on the mech. Should work fine as long as your limit screws are long enough.

[Concussion]

Or..... keep your 8spd shifter, adjust the top/big/high limit screw on your mech leaving the last two clicks redundant!

[Ali C]

I use a friction shifter, its great as its non indexed so you can fine tune where it goes and get the gears running smoothly, even with a bent hanger.

I am using a 9spd xtr mech, any would do.

The cassette was the problem area as I think the pro 2 is meant for 9spd spacing, so getting an 8 spd spaced cassette on was difficult......I raided my bikeshops parts bin and found a 7spd cassette which had removable pins, I chose the cogs I wanted and bolted it back together, it works very well.

[Jamie_Neal]

I had the same problem with running 8spd spacers as it is designed for 6 9spd gears (if that makes sense). I'm currently using 5 8spd gears and 1 9spd gear = 6 gears that work with an 8spd Kool chain.

And I'm using a 9spd SRAM gripshift which works OK but it could be better. They do do 6spd ones (cheap).

Jamie