I have been offered a set of these brakes cheaply and i wondered what the general feeling about them was? Only brakes i have used are avids juicy 5 and onwards how do they compare to these?
IME they are far more reliable than Juicy 5s and look much nicer.
Used to use them - went over to Avid 5 and 7's but have been driven mad by Avid brake's "attention-seeking" ways - so looking to go back to Hope. Take 'em - if you just want brakes that stop without demanding constant attention.
I like em. I know lots that dont but me and a few of my friends have had **** all problems for the last three years.
Got two sets, black&gold bling ones and the new silver&black. Can't fault them, much prefer them to the Avids i have tried and my (limited) experience with Shimanos.
E: new ones seem a lot more powerful. I'm using floating rotors and superstar organics pads, the older ones are on standard rotor and hope pads.
I love them, If you bleed them good they are super good, the lads at Hope were at MM this year and I ask them to tweak the calipers abit and now there just like when i first bought them. 😀
I like them, easy to bleed, low maintenance,work for me (xc).
My gf has avid 3, never been right (from new) and seem to require special tools to bleed.
I run Hopes on 3 bikes and they are exellent. Reliable and easy to service.
Low maintenance, really really easy to work on and bleed, spares available at the drop of a hat.
However they are more about modulation than pure stopping grunt, great XC brakes.