Went out for a ride today and seriously f##$'d my bike up. First, my rear mech got sucked into the spokes of my wheel and bent the cage up -which completely ruined my shifting for the next 3 hours. Luckily enough didn't break the hanger. Next, thought my chain was jumping over cogs on the rear cassette whenever I stood on the pedals, but after getting home discovered the entire cassette stripped the splines on my hope pro 2 hub. Replacement from chain reaction 50 quid, so not too pleased!
they are rather soft aren't they. Have you called Hope?
Can you fit a Simano freehub to the body instead?
what cassette was it?
Sounds as though the lockring was perhaps loose?
Ironically if the mech hanger had broken there may have been less damage done ....
Rear mech into spokes = badly adjusted
Ruined freehub more than likely = loose cassette, the alu freehubs are soft, but no cassette should ever actually destroy the body, the little notches are basically cosmetic.
njee do you mean loose lockring or loose the cassette as a whole is loose?
I'm not sure how tighening the former really helps, the latter only a little.
If you do buy a new one get the steel one, its heavier but less fragile.
I'm really struggling to see how you'd generate the power to strip those splines.
Got any pictures?
i have split two hope freehubs both from the pawls out the way.
njee do you mean loose lockring or loose the cassette as a whole is loose?
If the lockring is loose the whole cassette is able to move around on the splines a lot more, which trashes them, if the whole lot's tight it can't really go anywhere.