Eurobike 2013: Hope Technology

Hope’s biggest news this year is the new Tech3 lever. While the old Tech lever had its fans, it didn’t play well with all shifters and many riders found it a little greedy on handlebar space. The new Tech3 lever is now left and right-handed and is available with Shimano’s I-Spec and SRAM’s Matchmaker compatible brackets so that your shifters can fit directly to the lever.

Red, white and blue version on the show bike.

Comes in black too.

The levers also offer more power than before – and the Hope M4 brake now becomes the ‘Enduro4’ brake with more power.

More clicks, less volume. Better for thrutchy moves.

Hope’s hubs will now have a quicker pickup due to 40 internal teeth rather than the old 24. It’s a little quieter and the pickup goes from 15° to 11°.

Hope now offers its bolt-together press-fit BB in more versions – this one is for PF30. They’ll do 24 and 30mm axle compatibility for all.

Hope’s Eternity post now has a one-piece top, rather than the glued on version of before. This’ll be out mid-October.

Lighting-wise, Hope is making a super dinky R1 light with a single LED and lithium battery.

R1 headlight – dinky.

And what’s this, hiding on Hope’s show bike. Hope wouldn’t say anything about it, but it’s definitely a thick-thin chainring for XX1 style setups. No word on production (dates or even a yes/no) but we’ll keep you posted on it.

Hope has a thick-thin ring in the works but didn’t shout about it.

Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

Comments (11)

ChunkyMTBChunkyMTB August 30, 2013 at 12:44 pm

“Hope has a thick-thin ring in the works but didn’t shout about it.”

Potential patent battle coming?….

BigBrownBlurBigBrownBlur August 30, 2013 at 12:47 pm

Like the levers. Are they compatible with tech m4 of old?

ratherbeintobagoratherbeintobago August 30, 2013 at 1:03 pm

Less clicky? Nooooooo!

DeanDean August 30, 2013 at 1:18 pm

less clicky? Yesssssssss!

The PinksterThe Pinkster August 30, 2013 at 2:19 pm

Less clicky is a definite no no for me. I love the earth rattling clicks from my Pro3’s.

MikeMike August 30, 2013 at 3:42 pm

Liking the levers – it’s about time they had something that would sync well with shifters. Faster pick-up’s worth having too. Not too fussed about the ‘noise level’ either way TBH.

simons_nicolai-uksimons_nicolai-uk August 30, 2013 at 3:56 pm

Ugly ugly levers presumably to mate better with shifters. Lose the flip-flop capability of the current Tech lever as well…..

jon jamiesonjon jamieson August 30, 2013 at 4:30 pm

Is there a patent on the thick/thin teeth, Raceface just released one so guessing not?

antthebikeantthebike August 31, 2013 at 8:49 pm

Clicky clicky clicky! Better pick up!?! Huh! Schlick up! BRING ON THE NOIZE! Old pro 3 thanks. Not digging the styles so much. Still it all looks so much better than some “other” makes! Saying that though. Hate this secrecy about products, why put it on a stand? Hope were being “secretive and non committal” at the bike show last year as well. Really wonder about the company and their publicity direction, does this send us the right signals about their products future? Oh and I wouldn’t want to put my pretty XTR shifters on them Evil(as in bad) Keneval(as in garish, tacky) levers, thanks. What’s that? Thought I rode a pink single speed bike? No I got two bikes ta, I’m loaded me. So listen up Hope. Clicky clicky click click! ;oD

Bjarke LimkildeBjarke Limkilde September 1, 2013 at 4:03 pm

New hub with faster pick up, and a thick/thin chainring just the perfect upgrade for bike next year.