Hope for the future?

A Bike Shop I Know has a set of last year's Hope Minis for a hundred
apiece.

Tempting.

But...

Darth Ian sung the praises of Shimano cable-operated discs, which I
think weigh slightly less and are Half The Price!

What would you do, dear friends? Blow the unicycle fund on the Hopes
or go Shimano and buy that one-wheeler?

Guy
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
What would you do, dear friends? Blow the unicycle fund on the Hopes
or go Shimano and buy that one-wheeler?

Nicer, newer, shinier components get my vote. Mmmm.

Unicycles? Who needs 'em? Striclty for clowns and jugglers.

Simon

"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
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A Bike Shop I Know has a set of last year's Hope Minis for a hundred
apiece.

That's about the going rate Guy.

Darth Ian sung the praises of Shimano cable-operated discs, which I
think weigh slightly less and are Half The Price!

What would you do, dear friends? Blow the unicycle fund on the Hopes
or go Shimano and buy that one-wheeler?

Get the Hopes, I think cable operated discs are a half measure.
No matter how good to start with the cables will never achieve the
smoothness of fluids and will only degrade.
But there again I've never used cable discs so what do I know.

I upgraded to Hope Mini Monos at Xmas and love 'em, that I do know!

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
What would you do, dear friends? Blow the unicycle fund on the Hopes
or go Shimano and buy that one-wheeler?

Get the Uni, low tech, no problem.

What is this fad with cable disks? They offer noa dvantage over vee
from what I can see. Cable stretch etc etc. If you want disks get th
real thing....


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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in
:

What would you do, dear friends? Blow the unicycle fund on the Hopes
or go Shimano and buy that one-wheeler?


Buy the unicycle Guy. You know it makes sense. Upgrading components gives
you extra cyclist brownie points, but buying a whole new cycle gets you
even more!

Graeme

"davebee" wrote in message
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What is this fad with cable disks? They offer noa dvantage over vees
from what I can see. Cable stretch etc etc. If you want disks get the
real thing.....

In the dry probably so but if you ride a lot in wet and mud or grit then not
only should the discs perform better but your rims won't get ground away.
Other than that I'm with you, hydraulic is the way to go and cables are like
spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
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Regards,
Pete

Graeme wrote in message 94.51...
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in
:

What would you do, dear friends? Blow the unicycle fund on the Hopes
or go Shimano and buy that one-wheeler?


Buy the unicycle Guy. You know it makes sense. Upgrading components gives
you extra cyclist brownie points, but buying a whole new cycle gets you
even more!

Graeme

Cable discs are rubbish IMHO Guy. I replaced one of my Hayes ones with
a Shimano Deore hydraulic, amazing difference, no cable friction,
progressive action, superb. But if you are determined to keep your
dentist in business go for the unicycle ;-)

(MartinM) wrote in news:3cf5c6dc.0402170015.567981c8
@posting.google.com:

But if you are determined to keep your
dentist in business go for the unicycle ;-)


Eh? I've never injured my face or damaged my teeth in any way on my
unicycle (or more accurately falling off) and haven't heard of anyone
needing any dental work. Head injuries are unlikely for most people on a
unicycle. There's little to get in the way in the event of a fall and 90%
of falls result in you standing up when the unicyle falls, the other 10%
are usually stumbles with maybe a small roll for good measure. Once you've
learned how to spring up from these tumbles and shout "TA DA!" then
everyone will think it's deliberate anyway :-)

Get the unicycle Guy, you know it makes sense.

Graeme

A Bike Shop I Know has a set of last year's Hope Minis for a hundred
apiece.
What would you do, dear friends? Blow the unicycle fund on the Hopes
or go Shimano and buy that one-wheeler?

I have Hope Minis and I was shocked and disappointed to find that they
leaked brake fluid from between the caliper halves even though the
clamping bolts were not slack (no, I didn't overtighten them and
distort the calipers!).

The cure was found, rather inelegantly to be to fit a small hoseclip
around the square boss where the hydraulic pipe enters, thus improving
the feel of the brakes greatly, plus keeping air out of the system.

I've found several mentions of this problem with internet searches so
it's not unknown.

I've emailed Hope Engineering on several occaisions about this (and
about my failed attempts to overhaul my Hope hubs, which you should be
able to pull apart by hand, all to no avail. Not even a reply to say
they had recieved my emails.

I suspect that's why they introduced the single part calipers but if
they turn out to have a problem my experience with Hope after sales
service doesn't bode well. I would have hoped (Ha! what a pun!) that
Hope would have machined up a few good looking clamps to solve the
problem, I'd even have paid money for them, but no :-(

I *do* still like my Minis and Hubs despite the problems but my cash
will be going in another direction when replacement time comes around.

Robert