Video: Hope Factory Tour

Jul 17, 2014 at 7:32

by Chain Reaction Cycles

This year Hope is celebrating 25 years of designing, developing and creating some of the best mountain bike and road components available - we're just back from a tour of their incredible headquarters - we hope you enjoy our video as much as we enjoyed being there!

Hope factory tour pictures:

Prototype pedals, brake levers and more!

An unfinished pedal

Mounted on one of their own crankarms

What better way to used a scratched rim?

Hope say they invented mountain biking long before our American cousins - specifically on tracker bikes like this from Raleigh.

Hope have big plans - one of which is to build their own velodrome...

Velodrome on top, workshop below

Hope treat their workers well - here's part of the chill out area

What's that bike in the distance?

Here's that bike - the one used by Martyn Ashton in Road Bike Party

Swarf - a by-product of all the milling, drilling and extruding that goes on

All staff get at least one bike of their choosing

Ready for extrusion and milling

Hope's founders Simon and Ian are passionate motorbike enthusiasts - here's a restored Triumph

Simon's trials bike

We could have spent hours watching these machines at work

Disc rotor spider

Creating their brand new chainring

A Hope hub - before and after

Hub blanks ready to be turned into another quality hub

Post-machined goodness

One of the Hope guys tweaks his bike for the after-work ride

The LASER BEAM at work, these machines work 24/7 - 365

A disc brake rotor is tempered

Hot to the touch, not for this robotic arm though

Hope carry out 100% inspections of their product.

Here a hub gets the treatment

Big news - Hope are developing their own line of carbon products, this is their first, a seatpost.

Bundled ready for anodising

Piled for anodising

Chainrings prepared to be anodised

And a load of hubs and calipers too

Dunked into the anodising bath

Here's one being lasered

And another stem that's just been done

Hope staff ready for their post-work ride

Tech 3

A finished F20 peda

#AllTheLads

Remember all those staff bikes There s a dedicated workshop to fix and fettle them too...jealous much

There's a dedicated workshop to fix and fettle all the staff bikes...jealous much?

www.hopetech.com

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68 Comments

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pugs241 (Jul 17, 2014 at 12:41)

Up Yours Chris King

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allan2002 (Jul 17, 2014 at 18:08)

Well, that's not a nice thing to say. Chris King has a full time gourmet chef to cook for the employees, does Hope have that?

13 5

jeff444 (Jul 17, 2014 at 18:36)

All those parts!! Where's my 42 tooth I ordered 2 months ago???

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mnorris122 (Jul 18, 2014 at 5:48)

Does CK have a hot air balloon?

padkinson FL (Jul 18, 2014 at 7:13)

Hope has butty fridays. Boom

10 1

allan2002 (Jul 18, 2014 at 10:16)

I just looked up butty friday on Google and ended up on a big booty porn site. Maybe Hope does win this round.

sewer-rat FL (Jul 18, 2014 at 13:38)

My daughters called hope, not after the brand but something completely different

The brand still inspired this though

www.pinkbike.com/photo/8707406

m0ngy (Jul 19, 2014 at 11:10)

Hope make some good parts, but they ain't no Chris King, or Tune for that matter.

axleworthington FL (Jul 19, 2014 at 11:14)

I love Hope stuff, but Chris King hubs are second to NONE.

type-r (Jul 20, 2014 at 19:49)

hope has the best rotor in the industry!

RobbyBriers (Jul 21, 2014 at 6:04)

Chris King is not to be found in the same price category. If you want something that works, but you don't want to spend all your savings, go for Hope.

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arna86 (Jul 17, 2014 at 14:20)

Porn. Good porn.

23 0

klopp (Jul 17, 2014 at 20:55)

I absolutely LOVE these articles and videos that show what goes into the products we ride. These are by far my favorite things to read on pinkbike....must explain why I became an engineer. One day I would like to get my own bike component company going....one day...

millsr4 (Jul 18, 2014 at 7:39)

Dude I feel you there! I work at a aerospace machine shop up in B-ham doing a lot of this same stuff but some of it I only got a taste of in school, like automated production. I too have that same hope for one day... or at least work for one!

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m0ngy (Jul 19, 2014 at 11:38) (Below Threshold)

Let me fix that for you with a quick and honest edit; "I absolutely LOVE these *advertisements* and *marketing material* that *promote* the products we *are being sold*."

millsr4 (Jul 19, 2014 at 16:32)

m0ngy your a tool with that generic anti corporate comment. Some some of us enjoy seeing how things work behind the scenes of a quality manufacturing company, especially people like me where this truly is my passion. You should also keep in mind that this "marketing material" you speak so poorly of is for a smaller component company and not a giant that outsources to third world countries.

m0ngy (Jul 21, 2014 at 1:03) (Below Threshold)

I'm absolutely correct though, there's no dispute about that.

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identiti124 (Jul 17, 2014 at 12:49)

Right... Time to spend far too much money.

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Blablablup123 (Jul 17, 2014 at 13:38)

f*ck college, i´ll work for them even if i have to live under a bridge. as long as i get a bike specked out with hope stuff...

mnorris122 (Jul 18, 2014 at 5:48)

I think you need some college degrees in order to work for Hope....

padkinson FL (Jul 18, 2014 at 7:15)

To work upstairs in design, yeah. But just about everything else is doable with a little staff training.

saega (Jul 17, 2014 at 13:19)

Icredible machinery... Great company. Glad I made the right choice for my hubs. Haven't been 100% satisfied with my tech v2 brakes because I wanted something more "shimano powered" but the great cnc work on these is astonishing.

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Jerelevation (Jul 17, 2014 at 14:09)

Oh boy.... I wish every work place could be like that

And yes, I love my Hope brakes!

ridwan (Jul 17, 2014 at 18:15)

"...All staff get at least one bike of their choosing..."
"...There's a dedicated workshop to fix and fettle all the staff bikes...jealous much?..."

HELL YEAH!!!

sewer-rat FL (Jul 17, 2014 at 13:52)

Man I miss my Triumph scrambler, that's not a restored one it's the Steve McQueen special!!

BungedUP (Jul 17, 2014 at 22:57)

Great video. I would have liked to see more filming of the employees, however - a few times I felt as if they were trying to avoid shots of the people who actually tend the machines and put the products together. The one machinist doing CAM work was shown, but after that, not many actual people. I love machines more than most, but people in a company are important.

Scotj009 (Jul 17, 2014 at 12:55)

what an amazing company, it makes you want to go out and buy a full hope kit in an anodised color

Dally666 (Jul 17, 2014 at 22:13)

What an amazing harmony of people and machine. I love my M4s. So intresting to see the behind the scenes process. I just figured magical elves worked all night to make everything.

GRENFELL (Jul 17, 2014 at 15:41)

Awesome components, free bikes of your choice, post work rides..... Anyone else wanna work for hope?

Batipapo (Jul 17, 2014 at 12:46)

Glad to have my new wheels built with their hubs

bigburd (Jul 17, 2014 at 13:08)

I'm on a pair of 1st gen pro 2 hubs from 2002/3 , still running perfect , just look after the bearings once a year with a clean and grease and they are good to go

identiti124 (Jul 17, 2014 at 13:55)

I've still go a Hope Bulb Ti that's as good as the day it came from the factory! New set of bearings and a new freehub... Perfect!

fristafrista (Jul 17, 2014 at 12:44)

i want to work there!!

konadiaodiao (Jul 18, 2014 at 22:42)

Have a dream will come true!

m0ngy (Jul 19, 2014 at 11:12)

Life's too short to spend much time working a dead end job, just to make some other prick rich. Keep your vision in perspective, acquire the appropriate skills, but most importantly, NEVER give up, and you will get there in the end.

konadiaodiao (Jul 19, 2014 at 21:59)

I agree

Barkit (Jul 17, 2014 at 15:27)

Well, that factory tour was truly awesome.

oldphatguy (Jul 17, 2014 at 17:52)

hmm, Hope cranks... Must know more!!!!

bonastab (Jul 18, 2014 at 5:16)

Employees get one bike of their choosing... I'd love to work there ^_^
I don't think I'd be able to choose a bike though!

fracasnoxteam FL (Jul 17, 2014 at 14:06)

well, nice edit. Not very very fun but there's still one question...
WHERE IS THE R§D DEPARTMENT !!! I want to see what's next (carbon seatpost, nothing more...)

kes2903 (Jul 17, 2014 at 15:03)

I need that Hope'd up glory frame in my life!!

peanutbuter (Jul 17, 2014 at 17:24)

that gaint glory made me jizzz

choppertank3e (Jul 17, 2014 at 21:21)

I contacted Hope as to why you can't get their gear in green. They said only sponsored athletes get the green. Apparently sponsored athletes and people who work at the factory.

freeride000 (Jul 17, 2014 at 22:12)

I work at a bike shop, and the first thing I am doing tomorrow when I get in is ordering a shit ton of hope parts. no questions asked

m0ngy (Jul 19, 2014 at 11:23) (Below Threshold)

Before you do, ensure you have the technical ability to service and tweak Hope brakes often, as required. Even after four or five generations, Hope brakes still require regular attention. Hope could learn something from Shimano, who haven't made a bad hydro brake system yet.

Lapsus (Jul 18, 2014 at 2:22)

This evening I'm going to my LBS to get my new wheels. Hope rear hub, Sapim Race spokes and Stan's Flow rims. I'm even more stoked after reading this article.

Patrick9-32 (Jul 18, 2014 at 2:49)

"Man I want to work at hope!" - everyone.

Burnhardx (Jul 20, 2014 at 1:24)

Cheap, light and durable. Picke 3: hope!

Ollie-Wheatley-media (Jul 17, 2014 at 8:44)

Havent read this yet, I 'Hope' its gunna be good!

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oxocube1 (Jul 17, 2014 at 13:05)

It's awesome to get a look at the Hub where all their products Stem from.

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harrisonscottson89 (Jul 17, 2014 at 13:49)

I just watched the video, it’s wheely good!

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identiti124 (Jul 17, 2014 at 14:00)

Come on guys, surely it's time pull the brakes on these puns...

dukeynz (Jul 17, 2014 at 14:23)

Where do all these crank replies stem from?

Robert78040 (Jul 18, 2014 at 1:33)

"all staff get at least one bike of their choosing"

o.O please, let me work for you il do anything

riedzalwd (Jul 18, 2014 at 18:26)

Well.. I think Taiwanese have better and advanced factory than Hope...but sure not the Hope style approach...welldone Hope

NWuntilirest (Jul 17, 2014 at 20:11)

I would like a truing machine. very much

speed10 (Jul 18, 2014 at 17:25)

just discover hope makes lights. huh, interesting

Yetimoto (Jul 17, 2014 at 18:55)

how is that a restored triumph? its Brand new!!!

m0ngy (Jul 19, 2014 at 11:33)

You're right, they should've said custom.

themooreprgram (Jul 21, 2014 at 5:04)

best thing to ever come out of pommy land well that warner rat and peaty

Joelrider (Jul 17, 2014 at 14:02)

That's what I call a Giant Hope

meSSican (Jul 17, 2014 at 16:41)

Hope they start using green anno soon.............

Capitanbikes (Jul 17, 2014 at 18:34)

ok it will be cool to work with hope.

PoopMonkeey (Jul 18, 2014 at 20:01)

"I quit my job right now and work for you."

konadiaodiao (Jul 18, 2014 at 22:44)

Hope team! I like the team!

JSolman (Jul 20, 2014 at 13:23)

That gave me the biggest engineering boner

voodoo5 (Jul 18, 2014 at 18:53)

Amazing video.

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