Hope Bronze – Very Disappointing

@jfab Gate definitely needs some Hammerite. I think they do a nice bronze.

Just saw this on the Fairlight Cycles instagram.  Using Hope bronze headset and seatclamp!

https://www.instagram.com/fairlightcycles/p/C8boqJpMFa8/?hl=en&img_index=7

That does look pretty orange to me…

This came up on my FB, bronze & orange rotors next to one another:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1711706825591927/posts/7696334030462480/

I predict they won’t be offering bronze much longer. Seems more trouble than it’s worth.

That bronze colour hub shells you’ve got there look very similar if not the same as the gold colour hope used to do from about 2004-2015.
Unless you’ve got other components from the same supposed colour group it won’t matter too much anyways. My hubs were only clean from when bike was photographed upon completion until about 7 minutes later on first bit of trail. I’m a stout believer in not washing bikes, as a mechanic most of my ‘work’ on higher tier MTB and Road bike is from customers who enjoy the pressure washer at Glentress. Only clean whats needed and minimally. My BB, lower headset, freehub and frame bearings genuinely last ages vs anyone I know that operates a ‘clean bike’.

Burgtec bronze is super nice though BTW, dark and rich.

Got a rear wheel a few months back in the bronze after shagging my cheapo dt swiss… Quite orange and certainly doesn’t match the kash burgtec or kashima. Oh well it looks better now it’s got a nice dirt layer over it!

Asked the lbs to order me a front and they’ve advised hope have temporarily ceased production of bronze due to colour mismatching…. Looks like I won’t get a matching wheelset now!

Looks like I won’t get a matching wheelset now!

Why not if they still make the orange ones? 😉

PSA: They paused the bronze colour a few months back…..

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No good for hubs but Burgtec Kash or Deity Bronze are quite good colours.

Asked the lbs to order me a front and they’ve advised hope have temporarily ceased production of bronze due to colour mismatching…. Looks like I won’t get a matching wheelset now!

https://www.merlincycles.com/hope-pro-5-6-bolt-front-hub-boost-road-110x12mm-290997.html – swap the adaptors for 15mm (assuming you want 15×110) and job done.

I like the Nukeproof bronze they did but again not much good for hubs – or any component – now:

Thanks @a11y

Merlin have the non-boost 15×100 in stock here – https://www.merlincycles.com/hope-fortus-30w-sc-pro-5-6-bolt-front-wheel-29-296668.html

Is it simply a case of getting an adapter to make that wheel work in my 15×110 setup? If so where do i get such an adapter? Not great at all this different standards stuff.

Thanks in advance

@silentgrunt,

On that full Hope wheel from Merlin you’ve linked above, my understanding is you only need adaptor HUB1009-14N on the non-drive side – the driveside adaptor will be the correct one already. It will mean redishing the wheel slightly as the adaptor moves the rim over but can be done with the existing spokes etc. A bit of a faff on a new wheel admittedly. Info here: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/hope-pro-4-15mm-110mmboost-conversion-spacer-hub100914n/

Or, you can get generic Boost adaptor kits (e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166115380242) that add a loose 5mm spacer to each side of the hub. Negates redishing but are a PITA and easy to lose if you frequently take the front axle out…

I believe if your LBS gets in touch with Hope you can still order the ‘old’ bronze colour. New and improved bronze coming soon but obviously, that won’t match your original hub.

Or for that 110 x 12 hub on Merlin you’d just need to get 15mm endcaps to replace the 12mm ones (HUB441 i think)

tasteful earth tone builds

You wot?