You are reading a single comment by @Brommers and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
-
'Dozens' is not a sample size I am happy to rely upon, given the numerous instances of catastrophic shell failures on Hope hubs, the evidence for which is clear to see from the pictures above. If you chose to ignore other people's experiences and seek to rely only upon the basis of your own tiny sample, then that's your choice, but I'm not going to follow suit.
Saying that 'There is no reason why Hope shells would be weaker than any other alloy shell on the market' is, with respect, utter bollocks. If that is correct then all alloy hub shells have equal strength, and the design of the hub shells is irrelevant, which is patently not true.
Brommers
Why not?
None of the people I know who build them have ever had any problem with them. As I said, in the past I built dozens of PRO 2, PRO 3 and Mono RS and never had a single one failing. There is no reason why Hope shells would be weaker than any other alloy shell on the market. They do extensive heat treatments to make sure the alloy is sound