any Hope brake experts out there....??

[velofrog]

planning having my Alves frame powdercoated, and want to change my brakes.
currently i have a Hope C2 No 3 fitted in the rear triangle.
would a mono mini fit in the same space?
has to be IS fitment.
anybody have any ideas?

 

[02gf74]

The black hope will probly fit, same for magura marta front.

BUT as the bleed nipple won be upper most, they are designed to fit on opposite side so you would need to rrmov the cslliper to bleed it, trust me, that is a faff.

Either get IS mount brazed on seat stay or keep the silver no. 3.
Any reason why you want to change?

 

[jimo746]

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Paint looks in good condition from here??

Mono mini caliper should fit in there ok, you planning on changing the master cylinder/ lever as well?
As for bleeding, well, you should only need to do it once, and Hope brakes are about as simple as it gets. You could bleed the brake off the bike and then fit it all.

 

[velofrog]

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yeah, hose runs through top tube so will need bled anyway, and will easily bleed before fitting.

paint is good, but some chips going rusty from when i used it as a work bike before i bought the voodoo, plus its a 14 year old paint job!

was going to get an IS mount fitted but i like the neatness of the internal mounting, i just think the C2 is a little old fashioned looking and want to modernise it a little.

frame is going anthracite but matte finish, so black brakes will fit in nicely, and maybe a gold chris king headset once i decide on forks!

thanks for the input lads

 

[ishaw]

As you have gold hope skewers and hope brakes, I'd go for a gold hope headset rather than a king. While you are at it, get some gold floating hope rotors as well, would look great imho.

 

[dbmtb]

Hope discontinued gold....