Dilemma

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Im in a quandary.
I have 3 Hope Bulb shells and 2 ratchet rings and 2 freehub's. Which hubs get the rings/freehubs and get built up.
2 of them are silver 6 bolt the other a red 5 bolt. The two 6 bolt are new and the 5 bolt is a 2nd

Ive built up one of the 6 bolts and was thinking of building the other as the red 5 bolt has a bit of damage from the previous owner clamping the body in a vice :facepalm: That was apparently to remove the ratchet ring so the hub was suppose to be a spare or something. In all honesty its not bad and could be hidden with a bit of red marker and i know the alloy at that point is about 8mm thick so not structural .
The ano on it is still strong and as luck would have it i picked up a new 5 bolt bulb front that was faded and is now bare with the intention for having it ano'd red.
If i ano the front and build up the rear i get a pair of 5 bolt in red 32/36h which would be nice to add to the other Hope hub pairs i have, but i could also build up the other 6 bolt as the shell is new and sell it to buy, yup more hope bits :oops: :LOL:

Dilemma :|

The fitting of the ratchet ring would decide as when it goes in it goes in permanently and theres pretty no way to get a fitted one out without the proper tool, and im not sure ive ever heard of something like that.
But a pair of very nice 5 bolts :cool: and ive all the other bits,spiders lockrings and rotors to go with them .Although that said i would also need to be sure i could get the front ano's red to match :?
 
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wow! this is definately a 1st World problem! :LOL:

I'd go with completing the pair of 6-bolt hubs, then like you say... sell and see what else turns up over the coming months... maybe a mint 5-bolt hub??
 
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jimo746":1t8fixev said:
wow! this is definately a 1st World problem! :LOL:

I'd go with completing the pair of 6-bolt hubs, then like you say... sell and see what else turns up over the coming months... maybe a mint 5-bolt hub??
agree
 
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coolbiker12":3w15g3og said:
jimo746":3w15g3og said:
wow! this is definately a 1st World problem! :LOL:

I'd go with completing the pair of 6-bolt hubs, then like you say... sell and see what else turns up over the coming months... maybe a mint 5-bolt hub??
agree

Yeah, ill go with that. :cool:

I dont expect a nos rear to turn up but id have said the same about a front if previously asked. :?
 
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