I hate Hope brakes. I’ll start with that so people know where I’m coming from.
The reason is as above. I brought very early M4s for two bikes and both sets leaked like an old woman who’d drunk twenty cups of tea and touched the white stuff that comes out of a broken dandelion.
They leaked from the unions mainly.
They got sent back to Hope who sent them back “fixed”. Usually within ten miles they’d be weeping again and not working due to fluid on the pads.
I appreciate the marmite nature of Hope. Some of you are lucky. I wasn’t. Hope just suggested it was my fault – brakes fitted by me and bike shop, front brake which requires no breaking shouldn’t fail, I’m not bad with spanners….
Swore ten years ago never to use the shit again. It works randomly, and their attitude when they can’t fix it is very poor.
I did suggest they changed their logo to “Don’t stop using Hope”. I don’t think they saw the joke……