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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12343622</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 20:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[No doubt :D]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[No doubt :D]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>desperatebicycle</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12343618</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 20:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[They must have wrecked the seal in the bottom bracket then ay??!!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[They must have wrecked the seal in the bottom bracket then ay??!!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>souster4</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12343601</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Eh, beg pardon? I’m a bit deaf.
I’ve seen two bikes with disintegrated ball bearings and they were both in a bottom bracket, so gawd knows what’s happened to yours?
Dowotnow?? &#x1f9bb;]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Eh, beg pardon? I’m a bit deaf.
I’ve seen two bikes with disintegrated ball bearings and they were both in a bottom bracket, so gawd knows what’s happened to yours?
Dowotnow?? &#x1f9bb;]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12343581</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[That’d be why it hasn’t lasted then. You’ve wrecked the seal



No. I didn&#039;t separate the seals from the bearings. And also that wouldn&#039;t cause the balls to dissintergrate.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>That’d be why it hasn’t lasted then. You’ve wrecked the seal



<strong>No. I didn't separate the seals from the bearings. And also that wouldn't cause the balls to dissintergrate.</strong><em>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>souster4</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12343323</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[My bikes got nicked in 2007 so they had to be replced.  I bought Hope headsets for the ones I built.  I replaced them in 2015 when I acquired frames with tapered forks, the bearings were fin...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[My bikes got nicked in 2007 so they had to be replced.  I bought Hope headsets for the ones I built.  I replaced them in 2015 when I acquired frames with tapered forks, the bearings were fine and sold with the frames.  Bearings on the replacement frames still fine. So the total number of Hope headset bearings replaced due to wear in 15 years is zero.  They haven't been touched either, and I certainly haven't removed the seals!]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12343321</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve used the same Hope headset for the last 10+ years across two different bikes, no issues whatsoever.  I think they are a worthy investment.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I've used the same Hope headset for the last 10+ years across two different bikes, no issues whatsoever.  I think they are a worthy investment.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12342827</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Sripped and regressed religiously despite not needing it.

That&#039;d be why it hasn&#039;t lasted then. You&#039;ve wrecked the seal]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>Sripped and regressed religiously despite not needing it.</blockquote>

That'd be why it hasn't lasted then. You've wrecked the seal]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12342820</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 09:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I went for cane creek on the flaremax, think it was 45 vs 95 for the hope. I figured there can&#039;t be much between some simple aluminium cups and a couple of bearings and not had any issues wi...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I went for cane creek on the flaremax, think it was 45 vs 95 for the hope. I figured there can't be much between some simple aluminium cups and a couple of bearings and not had any issues with cc in the past &#x1f91e;]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12342816</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 09:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[My hope headset hasn&#039;t been that good. Sripped and regressed religiously despite not needing it. But recently found the lower bearing balls had dissintergrated. No rust or dirt ingress just ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[My hope headset hasn't been that good. Sripped and regressed religiously despite not needing it. But recently found the lower bearing balls had dissintergrated. No rust or dirt ingress just the balls breaking up inside the cage of the bearing. 

They were made by enduro bearings though which I don't think are much good.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Hope Headsets vs the competition</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/hope-headsets-vs-the-competition/#post-12342810</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 09:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Having shopped around for headsets lately, there&#039;s almost nothing in price between a Cane Creek 40 and a Hope when buying top and bottom separately. Hope all the way in that scenario.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Having shopped around for headsets lately, there's almost nothing in price between a Cane Creek 40 and a Hope when buying top and bottom separately. Hope all the way in that scenario.]]></content:encoded>
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