Hope hubs - Ti?

[FZRIP]

Hi, are these Ti hubs?
What are the identifying features?

 

[d8mok]

Ti glide is a rear hub only.

People seem to get confused and refer to fronts using this name too.

They did lots of variants of front which follow the same design. Fatso , suspension , etc

 

[FZRIP]

Ok, so the front isn’t then, how about the rear?
Any pointers on year from the logo?

 

[ishaw]

Both hubs have ti bodies and alloy flanges. On model name is ti glide which seems to get used for hubs that aren't.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Front is also ti, iirc called "lightweight" - before the intro of fatso, suspension etc.

The "tiglide" rear hub from 1992 had a freehub body mechanism, whereas the original lightweight ti rear was to fit screw on freewheel.

https://www.hopetech.com/history/the-nineties/

 

[jimbog]

Are you selling these by any chance?

 

[Frankenorange]

What are the identifying features?

Check the red flanges for hairline cracks. Sadly, that is a very common feature.

 

[FZRIP]

I’ve had a good close look at them as I discovered this was a problem when trying to understand Hopes hub models.
I can’t see anything worrying fortunately.