[Closed] Hope seat bolt

I don't think thats possible as the designs look a little different? Perhaps with the older design?

FWIW IMHE/IMHO the older bolt version clamps too far out from the seatpost causing uneven clamping forces; which means it doesn't hold the post well and may even cause some damage. Better designs are available.

Or perhaps my thinking is complete rubbish?

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On the Hope site they say the clamp is the [url= http://www.hopetech.com/page.aspx?itemID=SPG318 ]Same[/url].

But I still think the clamping forces are too far away from the post to work as well as other designs.

I've had very, very poor experiences with Hope seat clamps.
To summarise - they don't work, then they break.

Hard to believe a company that makes amazing brakes can balls up something like a seat clamp so badly.

The On-One clamps work better and are much cheaper.

[i]I've had very, very poor experiences with Hope seat clamps.
To summarise - they don't work, then they break. [/i]

Never had an issue, but if you want to talk about the one that came on my S-Works...

Just use any bolt, that fits.

Never had a problem with them - already have the QR one, but have a dropper on the bike, so don't need the QR

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I swapped from a Hope clamp to a Straitline recently for the same reason. The Straitline clamp requires much less torque in the bolt to stop the post from slipping; and for that reason I feel much more confident in how the Straitline works.

But if your a Hope fan-boi then your collars and cuffs won't match 🙄

I have them on most of my bikes never broken one it 15 years.How do you manage to break them????

My Hope ones have always been pretty good although my last QR one did need cranking up to stop the post slipping. I'm pretty far from a fan boi too!

I've broken one but Hope replaced it FOC without any of this proof of purchase nonsense.

[url= http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/product/55/scsp001/hope-seat-clamp-qr-to-bolted-conversion-kit.html ]UK Bike Store[/url] stock the bolt conversion kits

richmtb - Member
I've broken one but Hope replaced it FOC without any of this proof of purchase nonsense.

UK Bike Store stock the bolt conversion kits

Clearly I'm blind. UKBikeStore was the first site I went to.