Heard rumours that there are revised designs for 2011? is this so, and if so what if any are the differences? – just wondering whether to hunt down a wheelset right now, or wait until the new ones come out….
is this the pro II evo or something i’ve heard about? Ah-ha found it.
2011 Dirt 100 give a place to the Hope Pro II Evo Hubs:
If you’re going down the custom built wheel route then its hard to beat a set of hope hubs as the starting point and from 2011 they’ve got even better. these new pro II evo hubs have pinched the high quality stainless steel bearings and the freehub body from the Pro III hubs, which now means even longer service intervals and easier 12mm bolt through conversion on the rear. The one thing that stays the same though when you buy a pair of Hope Hubs is that you get the best customer service and backup imaginable (they even offer complete wheel builds). With everything made right here in the UK getting hold of spares and advice is never an issue, and for that reason alone they deserve a space in the Dirt 100
Better bearings! Just what Pro 2s so desperately need IMO. That could tempt me back, but I’ve sycessfully upgraded both bikes to the older XC hubs now, which last longer, so there’s no rush 🙂
– Pro 2 Evo replaces current Pro 2 on both hub and hoop packages
– All stock from them in Jan onwards will be Evo
– Slight price increase
– Uses same internals as Pro3, so stainless bearings and rear axle that swaps with just end caps, rather than needing to change axle and end caps when swapping.
Use code “evoevoevo” for 10% off preorder on pairs of Pro2 EVO Hoops, until 10th Jan. Should see stock before then anyhow! We’ll still honour our free tubeless bits on Stans setups, along with offer to swap front adaptors as required.
Boxelder – nothing as stock, we can build almost anything though!? Hope not offering 29er Hoops, if that’s what you meant?
liking the sound of all that 18bikes/Si. just to confirm some stuff though:
– The flow rims are black as standard? not white like I see everywhere?
– I understand that you can put a 15mm front axle in instead of the 20mm?
but what’s the extra price for a 12×135 rear? what with the new method of changing the rear axle?
– the flow rims come ready for tubeless?
sorry for confirmation on those as i think they’re mentioned several times but i’m just happy to find what i want from somewhere!
oh piddle, I’m having right cock up day of logging in/out, wrong names and all that!
anyhow;
– black as standard, just sold our last pair of pro2/white flow, I need to check with Hope that we can still get these – were £10 more for the pair
– free swap to 15mm adaptors, yes
– £12 for end caps, we can fit if you wanted. you’d also get the standard QR ones.
Hope are running a little late with the Pro 2 EVO – now looking like Feb.
White Flow continues as an option – Pro 2 continues at the mo, will be replaced as a rolling change onto EVO, so provided they’ve still got stock, the white flow continues as an option with EVO.
it’s August 2011 & I’m looking at a new back wheel. I want to buy one of Hope’s new cassette designs on the evo 2 but can’t find them. What happened..?