Recent content by thetho

Looking for a chrome/silver Shifty Midget stem by Brooklyn Machine Works to finish my Park Bike build. Ideally first gen (first pic), but second gen (second pic) will do as well. Also interested in special sizes like the ones in this post...

Thanks! Do you have the reservoir piston completely screwed into the cap when you start pressing the cap down and screwing it in?

I am currently rebuilding and parting out a total of 7 Pro levers from 3 different sellers and came across these two different pistons as well. My best guess is that there were two models of Pro levers. The old ones have the same piston and piston seals as the Sport lever (right in the...

I run them with the spider pictured. It will only fit on a 19mm width axle, so make sure to get one of these. As regards axle length, I'm pretty sure you would need the 6.875″ so as to have enough clearance for the arms, chainrings, a proper chainline and enough space for the crankarms to sit on...

Never tried them and don't know about general performance. But they work differently: with the C2 closed system, you can adjust the brake pads' position thus the biting point with a little wheel on the levers which gives the brake fluid more or less room. The downside is that the expansion of...

Did you try rotating the piston while applying air pressure at the same time? My pistons twice got stuck at a certain point and this helped. Got the idea from this video

These are Hope O2, the open system version of early Hope brakes and much more difficult to find these days. You can tell from the "O" on the caliper btw.

I finally got some Hope C2 brakesets with Pro levers, some in better, some in worse shape and all the spare parts, tools and extras I need to start their complete rebuild. I read loads about rebuilding and bleeding them in the original manuals and forum posts and watched all youtube videos on...

Thanks a lot, I'll try that!

So I changed bearings in my Hope Bulb rear hub. When I hammered the bearings in as if there was no tomorrow the surfaces where the hub sits in the frame measured exactly 135.0 mm from each other as they should, but the bearings were awfully stiff and it took quite some force to spin the hub. I...

Awesome build! Just stumbled upon this thread as I was looking for a way to have Hammerschmidts installed on an old Park frame (pre-Big Ben and Park "v2" which I believe BMW started to produce in 2010). I have ISCG tabs but an American BB, so with any adapter for the Hammerschmidt Euro BB I...

Whoa, sorry for not posting earlier - sealed the deal on a front yesterday, but thanks a lot for replying! Only looking for a rear now

Looking for Hope Pro 2 Evo SS/Trials hubs, front any style, rear 135 mm, 32 holes, 6-bolt, in silver/polished and mint condition.

Still got the/another Hope bulb 6 bolt front 20mm adapter? If so please PM me, also a newb :)

Trying again :) would be interested in one of the 185 mm rotors