New products from the north of England all available in the next few months.
Hope’s new chain device is available with or without the bash guards and is due around October. Prices – £80 with bash guard, £50 without.
The new guide is available in both ISCG-05 and ISCG-OLD fitments, CNC machined from 7000 series aluminium and engineering polymer to provide the best mixture of strength, weight and noise reduction.As more people are using dropper seatposts, kinked control cables are becoming a common problem. After a study of the issues, Hope have designed a simple solution utilizing a product they already manufacture.The new seat clamp has the addition of an integrated cable guide using a plastic ball joint to allow snag free movement of the cable. Price – £25, available September.Developed over many years the Hope crank has been designed using the latest FEA (Finite Element Analysis) tools and extensive multi discipline field testing. 170mm and 175mm length, 30mm oversize axle, spline mount for chainring or spider.The cranks feature a unique axle/arm interface and incredibly versatile spline mounted spider/chainring system. Their expanded range of bottom brackets ensure compatibility with most bottom bracket systems. Price for crank arms and axle – £245.