[Closed] Hope Bearing prices !!

you can just buy generic bearings off ebay.

go to bearing shop
buy bearings

ok thanks

(tried Merlin, Stif, chain reaction etc).

Try a bearing supplier instead
Although, £8 each for premium brand bearings of that size isn't far off the mark.

But - as above - try some cheapy ones and see how you get on

More expensive because they're now stainless steel.

I've been using skf bearings in as many parts on my bike as I can for ages.

Industrial bearing suppliers will do them for a couple of quid. Nine times out of ten they will last longer than "official" Branded ones. They'll all be made in the same factories and brands will get the cheapest they can get away with to keep the cost of the product down.

MB bearings dot com

Got my frame bearings there - 37 quid for the full set of 12 including the proper full complement bearings for shock pivot

If you don't know what bearings you need then simply bearings dot com allow you to enter the OD and ID (and width)

thanks for the sugegstions will give skf/mb a try, my post was more my annoyance that they have increased the cost by 100% and the bearings have lasted no longer stainless or not. Alot of people who can't do them themselves will end up paying full wack at their LBS just seems a bit steep.

One thing to check I often find its just the out bearing in the hub body that fails and get stiff rough long before the rest need changing.

I'd be surprised if all 5 need replacing. Freehubs usually outlast wheel bearings 2 or 3 times IME.

There's probably a bearing stockist within five miles of your house or place of work. Yellow Pages is your friend.

Hope reckon that they use bearings made by Schaeffler, but I used to go through them like they were going out of fashion.

As soon as I switched to SKF (from a local bearing supplier, who also happens to be a mountain biker) then I stopped having problems.

More expensive because they're now stainless steel.

Since when, anyone know?

I've got 2 Hope Pro 2 (evos) SS and the bearing life has been really poor - 8 mths use for one and 4 mths for the other that was new on the bikein Sept, felt that clunking when working on the bike the other day. Accepted that use varies, but my Shimano's go that long between service happily and my older DTs lasted years of less intense use, still longer life in total tho.

Edit, Johnellison, thanks for that - will do the same.

The main 6903s seem to be the issue, the freehub bearings seem to last ok.

Yellow pages??
Where do you live, the 1980's?
Yell.com is your friend 😉

Since they went 'Evo', Pro3 always have been.

Usually prise off the seals (carefully) and pack them with grease before fitting, they're high speed bearings so carry very little as standard. They seem to last hell of a lot longer when i've done this, decent quality grease will probably help too.

£1 a shot, these.....
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They'll all be made in the same factories and brands will get the cheapest they can get away with to keep the cost of the product down.

Hope use Stainless INA bearings on the Evo's and Pro3. They cost a lot to buy even when they;'re buying them by the 100,000 at a time. I doubt you'll get them much cheaper from bearing factors anyway.

Yellow pages??
Where do you live, the 1980's?

Funnily enough we just got a Yellow Pages through the door this week, first time I can remember seeing one for ages

Much smaller in size than the one of old

Pro2 evo bearings have lasted me 5 months front and rear. The freehub ones literally fell apart on boxing day. Tried Enduro ones from BETD they lasted 6 months.

A service item yes, but the bearings specced to be light are help interchanging axles are far too small to carry the loads IMO.

XX1 has changed things a bit but I dont know if its for the better. Old school roady standards are pretty much eliminated from modern MTBs apart from this tiny hub/drop/axle interface.