Latest News.....

NICKED!!!! After a fabulous week at the TT, tea drinker supreme - Guy Martin, has had most of his stable of bikes thieved from his workshop over the weekend. If anyone has any info regarding them or their recovery, please let us know.... There was an Orange 224 GBR, a carbon Scott Ransom (with Team Green bits on - the one from the Hope catalogue), an Orange Hitman in white and a Scott Scale 70. (I'll get some pics of them ASAP)

New Van Look away now if you've got any taste! Woody's been to Demon Tweeks and let his 7 year old son deck the new van out! It's been slammed, dunked and fully gary'd up (his words) Check out the pics........here

Nice Bike! Just had this sent through from our designer - Nick at NM Design (www.nmdesign.co.uk) Now he's a bit of a product nerd and likes his shiny bits (!) but I think this looks really nice! Oh, and I'll answer the question now before we get flooded with emails - NO! you can't have the red stuff or the yeti top caps (yet!) Check out the pics........here

World Trial Trophies The GB round of the FIA World Trials Championships has just been and gone - Toni Bou won and looks fairly pleased to have received his Hope made trophy! Check out the pic........here

NEW! T shirts Summer is 'nearly' here...(ahem!) and new T's are ready.(We've actually had them a while, but just haven't told anyone!) We've got a 20th anniversary edition in olive green and a white 'rotor/logo' design as well. They are available (or can be ordered) from your local bike shop or preffered supplier...... Click here for pics

Product Testing.... Ever wondered how the mags actually test products?... well here's a nice pic that proves that some do actually ride the stuff that we send them, and that 'designed, made and tested in Barnoldswick' (oop North) is actually worth something (we like our stuff to last more than a couple of months.... Click here to see what we mean

No Fuss Endurance Downhill - 1st August We were there last year and loved it. So much so, we got involved as title sponsor for 09'! 6 hours down Fort Bill World Cup track? You'd be mad (not to go!) Details and entries online here... ..(yes, I want to enter and probably have blisters the size of fried eggs!)

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

Tech levers and shifter pics We've had some enquiries as to shifter compatibility with the Tech master cylinder, so we've got some pics up here to show mounting positions and set up.... Click here for pics

Brown?! What do you think?! You may have seen pictures of this on the net from the Core bike show at the end of January. We put this Scott Ransom together with a nice new colour - what do you think?.... Click here for pics

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

15mm hub conversions The 15mm bolt through standard that's creeping in means another new hub...or does it? Well not if you have Pro2 or Pro3 Hope hubs! We have a simple conversion that can be installed in seconds..... Click here for more details

Bike Boutique Bikes Some pics from our guys in the Benelux countries and one of our dealers Bike Boutique. These were built for a recent show they had and have some of the new brakes on some nice Nicolai's... .....Click here

Victory DVD Trailer See the trailer for the new DVD by MTBCut.tv Click Here

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

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

SIMON 'DART' PERRY Occupation Sales & Assembly (& butt of most jokes and insults) How long worked at Hope? mmm....... Products made / jobs done answer sales calls, process orders, assembly when we're busy, clean coffee machine, take 'it'.... Hobbies & Interest's anything with 2 wheels, VW campers and my family (aahh!) Love? See above! Loathe? miserable people and rain Listening to? Foo fighters, Frank Sinatra and Jacko Most likely to be heard saying...."Awesome" (honestly, he does say this!).... Dinner with 3 famous people, dead or alive....My wife, Jack Black and Cheryl Cole!

Press and reviews

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