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tester's in here dishing out wisdom
tester "wisdom" would be to get the FSA (and of course my bearing cover, spacers and top cap). The Hope fit looks like HSC7 upper and HSCC lower, but you're paying a huge premium just to get a colour anodised bearing cover when the basic FSA IS2 can be had for £17
I also think matchy-matchy colour anodised bits usually look rank, many a bike has ended up in the anti-porn thread for it, and the Hope seat clamp is a shit design. While we're at it, I'm not a huge fan of their hubs either 🙂
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Looks as though this thread sees more traction than the mechanic specific one and tester's in here dishing out wisdom so... please forgive the double posting... I'm not sure on the etiquette there.
Potentially n00b question.
I've got an old Giant TCR from on here and I'm refinishing it and popping some new parts on it to gift it to my partner once it's done.
I've got a new 105 groupset for a ridiculous £339 online and I'm blown away by this already.
Anyway...
I'm looking to buy hubs, bar ends, seat clamp etc from Hope for the sake of it all matching and looking and feeling like a new bike rather than the refurb project it is.
So I'm confident that I've measured accurately and it has one of these FSA headsets in it.
Can anyone point me in the direction of the correct HOPE Pick n Mix combination pieces to replace the current FSA headset? I've not got the insight to be able to confident Im buying the right thing(s).
Please and thank you.
If there isn't a suitable combo and I've misunderstood, sorry for wasting your time!