Does this Hope stem look genuine?

[eric_james]

Any reply yet lmlach?

 

[eric_james]

Fake one cracked

https://www.reddit.com/r/Chinesium/comments/mycg9l

 

[Imlach]

Any reply yet lmlach?

Not yet brother

 

[eric_james]

Ok thanks, let me know

 

[eric_james]

I'm thinking it's a real one watch in this video it's 5nm

 

[Imlach]

I'm thinking it's a real one watch in this video it's 5nm

Yeah, I have no doubt anymore. Definitely real. Just not stocked anymore as that particular version was discontinued a while ago I'm guessing. But maybe they will blow our mind when they get back to me! "Yes, we've been tracking down this rogue industry for years, the 5nm brigade have left our reputation in tatters. We have sent cease and desist letters ad infinitum but they just reply by sending us a box of stale human feces and pubic trimmings.."

 

[eric_james]

Haha, nice one made me smile
Thanks for the help

 

[wynne]

I think it might be in the bolts. Hope seems to have done a lot of work redesigning its stems recently. If you look at the bolt heads on your stem they are tapered and so i think they might be Hope's new titanium bolts. The new bolts seem to have a lower recommended torque. The older squarer bolt heads were i believe steel and could be tightened to higher torques.

 

[Imlach]

I think it might be in the bolts. Hope seems to have done a lot of work redesigning its stems recently. If you look at the bolt heads on your stem they are tapered and so i think they might be Hope's new titanium bolts. The new bolts seem to have a lower recommended torque. The older squarer bolt heads were i believe steel and could be tightened to higher torques.

Strange though because the current stems in the market have a higher torque spec - 6 to 7 nm - where as the 2019-ish version of the Hope AM seems to be 5nm.

 

[wynne]

Shsssh. Careless torque costs lives.