Latest News.....

CARBON CLINCHERS ON ROAD CC Road C have been testing the new Clincher wheelset, click here for the lowdown....

XC riders can't jump?! Pic from Andy Barlow of Dirt School, the Scottish skills/training people, showing that XC racers CAN actually jump! .... Click here for pic

2010 Hope Brochure The new brochure is available for download here - not full of sales pitch and waffle, just a bit of interesting reading with all that is Hope (hopefully!) .....click here to see the mag

2010 T's New T's are ready! Ask your local dealer.. should be around £15! .... Click here for pics

WIN!! Seeing as though it's the silly season, we thought it would be a good idea to have a little comp and ask for your best bike/hope/xmas related pics - we've got 10 'exclusive' Hope calendars to give away to the funniest/most appropriate/xmas'iest?! -E-mail pics to: info@hopetech.com

HOOPS TAKE SINGLETRACK MAGAZINE READER AWARDS! The results are in from the recent Singletrack Reader Awards - and Hope Hoops scooped the 'Best Hardware' prize - ahead of Truvativ cranks and Garmin GPS. What's more, the award goes the the ENTIRE range of wheels, and not just one combo! Good work, and thankyou Singletrack Readers!! click here for the results....

Tech brake reviews There are a whole load of reviews out there, but one of the more recent one's is... here....

Hope Hoops Carbon wheels take top honours! The new Carbon tub wheels took top honours in the laest Regional CX races in the North, the Midlands and the South of England Championships!! Paul Oldham, Dave Collins and Stu Bowers all rode on the new wheelsets and all topped the podium! Stainless bearings, excellent build quality and reliable carbon rims really make this package a CX dream. Check out the wheels.......here

Brownbacks Race Series The Hope sponsored Brownbacks Racing autumn series is underway. 2 rounds remain at this local (to us!) venue. For some proper grass roots racing on a great course, follow the link to the website... here....

Hoops Road Series wheels More info for the road range of Hoops. ...(including the carbon ones!)

2009 Hoops Wheel Information All the new wheel info is here! (except road, which will follow) The MTB range now consists of 25 wheels! DT Swiss rims, Mavics and No Tubes. New hubs. All built in house in Barnoldswick. .....click here

Staff bikes for sale Ex staff bikes for sale... For more info email: info@hopetech.com .....or click here for pics and details

The Gadget Show Battery review Channels 5's Gadget Show recently did a review of rechargeable AA batteries. Theres a useful video here for 1 LED users. .....click here for the link

ARCHIVED NEWS For all archived news items - Click here ......

Galleries page

GALLERY We've started to dig into our archives and will start to upload various galleries of sponsored riders, bikes, trips, events and other more random stuff - click...... here to see more

Sponsored Athlete's

SPONSORED ATHLETE'S For links to all the latest news from our sponsored athlete's...... Click here

Downloads

2008/09 Data Sheets are ready to download now. Full breakdown of all products with specifications & pictures. For a downloadable PDF.... Click Here

How to - fit your external BB Click Here

How to - fit your Truvativ BB adaptors Click Here

How to - bleed your Tech lever Click Here

Lights - tips and info video Click Here

Hed Doctor fitting Video Click Here

Pro 2 20mm conversion Video Click Here

Brake Bleeding Video Click Here

Moto lever adjust video Click Here

Roll a diaphragm video Click Here

Shorten a hose Video Click Here

Rebuild a Pro2 rear hub Video Click Here

Set up a caliper Video Click Here

Centralise caliper pistons Video Click Here

Machine of the month

LIQUID NITROGEN CRYOCYL TANK - It's like something out of Doctor Who! This is the Liquid Nitrogen tank which feeds the new Laser cutter (to cut disc rotors and floating centres amongst other things) The temperature inside the tank is -196 deg C! which keeps the 2000 litres of liquid nitrogen in it's sci-fi state. When pumped through to the machine (some 50 metres away) the liquid is turned into gas through an integral vaporiser which means those 2000 litres are good for 1,368,000 litres of gas for cutting! That might sound like an awful lot - but with the machine running over 20 hours day the tank is replenished every 2 weeks. The tank is outside right next to the picnic tables used for lunch - roll on summer and outdoor air-con!

Employee of the month

ROBIN WARNE Occupation European Sales How long worked at Hope? 5 Products made / jobs done Speaking foreign to our European customers Hobbies & Interest's collecting old vinyl, Alfred Hitchcock films.. Love? Yeti's and my family! (and Land rovers)and Italian stuff Loathe? Cheats Listening to? Future Sound of London, White Stripes, Blur Most likely to be heard saying...."Schnellspanner" (this translates to quick release, accompanied by a bell whenever he says it!) Dinner with 3 famous people, dead or alive....Peter Ustanov, Kenny Dalglish and Haruki Murakami (Japanese writer)

Press and reviews

PRESS AND REVIEWS For all the latest reviews of Hope products in the press...... Click here