Matt Burrows Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Hello allLast Sunday I was riding at Porthcawl just rolling over some small rocks, when a loud bang was heard and my drivetrain slipped. The cause was my Pro 2 had literally split in two. Looks like it had cracked on the driveside flange and propagated until the hub shell failed, splitting all the way to the NDS flange. The shell just couldn't handle the outward pressure exerted by the ratchet ring when under high load. Is this a known flaw? Has this happened to many other riders? I'm wondering if Hope have fixed this as all it would take is a reinforced hub shell. I shall be ringing them tomorrow and hopefully they will replace it, just wanted to guage other riders opinions first.Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMunn Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I think its happened to a couple others, I remember porter breaking one, I think the other one was damons. My guess would be only the harsher-go-bigger riders are doing it but its made me think of a year or two down the line if alot more hubs are going to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robwalker Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 That kid on the london ride, dont know his name, Very Tall, ginger hair, White adamant. He's been through two, exactly the same way as you, before going to ffw. But jeeeses the size of his leg muscles. No wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMunn Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 That kid on the london ride, dont know his name, Very Tall, ginger hair, White adamant. He's been through two, exactly the same way as you, before going to ffw. But jeeeses the size of his leg muscles. No wonder.That doesn't suprise me at all, that guy is a nutter! lol...very cool to ride with though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece B Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 That kid on the london ride, dont know his name, Very Tall, ginger hair, White adamant. He's been through two, exactly the same way as you, before going to ffw. But jeeeses the size of his leg muscles. No wonder.he was pretty beasty lol, i feel sorry for the bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Haha, yeah Martin's a bit of a monster! (Pretorius (sp?)) Cool guy though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece B Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 he didn't talk much though..... shame he seemed cool, a bit scary to be fair..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Fried Rice Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 (edited) Was he the bloke that doesnt really know englishohwell, if it was, i took a picture of his hub - this was his hub back in september at a london rideJK Edited January 23, 2007 by J-KAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.E.A.U Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) lol hope 2 = shitlike my mates where saying. They give riders like martin ashton these hubs to test no ofence to him he is a ace rider etc but does he relaly give these hubs any test. i mean give them to people like erm tunni etc, or even me. If any of you know me you know ill get through anything. They need to be relaly tested . But i know loads hae been sent back. My mate smashed hes in a matter of a month. Edited January 24, 2007 by B.E.A.U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyw Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Rob p's Hasnt broke yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Smith Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 they have re-designed the shells, contact hope they will sort you outthey have been beefed up in that area making them 10% stronger in the area they were cracking.ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Was he the bloke that doesnt really know englishohwell, if it was, i took a picture of his hub - this was his hub back in september at a london rideJKThat was some nasty shit, thought he was gonna lose his balls on his stem Is a 10% strength increase in that area enough? Considering the number broken with (what seems) relitive ease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall_Rob Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Mine cracked too. Can we make a 'Cracked Hope Pro 2 Owners' Club'? (CHP2OC)Got a new one straight away from them but now it's gone again in under 2 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Smith Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 That was some nasty shit, thought he was gonna lose his balls on his stem Is a 10% strength increase in that area enough? Considering the number broken with (what seems) relitive ease?i thought the same......... according to solida works though there is a lot less stress here.im unsure on how to post pictures, but i have some pictures of the new type shell, it has more of a bulge on the area they were breaking, any that do manage to break on the older shells i would imagine will be replaced with the new type shellsthat number of broken hubs is not really a lot either to consider that they have made a few thousand of these hubs and only around 8 to 10 actaully cracking (reported back to hope that is) there may be more.ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtrials Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 i know of a few doing this but me and my mate have had one for like 8-9 months trouble free, i quess its just luck which ones last, but hope are good they will give you areplacement and also they have corrected the problem now as well so all is goodalso i love these hubs would not use anything else. just remember people only post when something has gone wrong, i bet there is a much higher percentage of riders who loev there pro 2's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewholdsworth Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 also i love these hubs would not use anything else. just remember people only post when something has gone wrong, i bet there is a much higher percentage of riders who love their pro 2's my my, never a truer word spoken!!! (well maybe in the world but not on this topic thats for sure)was speaking to wayne at shipley last weekend about this matter and myself, wayne and ash agreed that we have had no problems with the hub on this scale, i destroyed a bearing (the little one the freehub runs on (ali c has done this too so i believe)) doing (large) tyre taps to fakie, but shell splitting is slightly worse than that. and surely wayne goes big???? im just a heavy lump of a rider who isnt that smooth and lands stuff terribly all the time ive had the same pro2 shell for 18 months. also, ali c, he fair sends his bike over gaps etc so i personally woudlnt say its the way the riders "go big" but name an occassion where hope havent simply replaced the hub in question FOC, if you have an issue ring hope or email them and explain the problem to them, they are more than happy to help, if you do ring ask to speak to someone who can give you more info/specific detail/help on the pro 2t hub. the redisgn is due to the feedback they are gettin so keep it coming dont just rant on a forum, also dont just reserve feedback for negative side of things, let them know if you like the hub, and why u like it, drop them an email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet-x-boy Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Dont know anyone to break a pro 2 axel but i did Apart from that though i have had no bother at all.Brett.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon W Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) Dont know anyone to break a pro 2 axel but i did Apart from that though i have had no bother at all.Brett....^^i did snapped in 2 in answer to peoples problem with the hub shells.....i think theve got a new batch out with a thicker shell now Edited January 24, 2007 by Damon W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoNnY__Mc Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) ^^i did snapped in 2 in answer to peoples problem with the hub shells.....i think theve got a new batch out with a thicker shell now i hope so :| I've just ordered mine from tart... you reckon mine will be the newer redesigned model? Edited January 24, 2007 by JoNnY__Mc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt rushton Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 i thought the same......... according to solida works though there is a lot less stress here.im unsure on how to post pictures, but i have some pictures of the new type shell, it has more of a bulge on the area they were breaking, any that do manage to break on the older shells i would imagine will be replaced with the new type shellsthat number of broken hubs is not really a lot either to consider that they have made a few thousand of these hubs and only around 8 to 10 actaully cracking (reported back to hope that is) there may be more.ashTheres the picture that you sent me ash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 all the ones i have seen have been ace. mine, dans and alex's. and we all give them some serious grief with no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shrewsbury Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Just go to a king or the old hopes mono's. Old hope mono's never fail me, and ill always use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future orange 660 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 thats a 10% increase in strangth on the outside of the shell. who knows what the internals of the hub look like now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 thats a 10% increase in strangth on the outside of the shell. who knows what the internals of the hub look like nowErm, exactly the same I should think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 theres nothing wrong with the internals in the current hubs, the splittage of the shells is most likley due to spoke stress. The broken hubs I have seen have still had perfectly functioning internals.btw, my hope is still clicking away without a problem, though I may be getting rid of one to get somthing lighter for comps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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