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...taking it to a bike shop and spending £££.
I'm a complete novice when it comes to sorting my own bike out - but equally, as it was only serviced a month ago, I'm loathed to fork out another £50 or so to get the wheels sorted.
Does anyone know any good sites or books to get me started? Also, are the tools expensive /easy to use? Both my wheels have a bit of play side to side in them - the front is a Hope Pro II with Pikes on and the back is a Hope Pro - the original hubs that came with my Orange five (2005).
I'm off to the Alps in July so I'll need to get the brakes done and get a once over before, then but it would be great if I could sort it myself in the meantime.
cheers
Hope website has tutorials and videos on there can be done easily with Allen keys.
A hammer and a few appropriately sized sockets as drifts are all you need. 🙂
also look at the park tool site for advice on other bits. naturally they constantly refer to park tool such and such, but other makes are available.
great thanks. It looks like I just need two cone wrenches (ie. spanners) to tighten it up a bit and hopefully that will sort it.
thanks again.
You don't need cone wrenches for hope hubs - cone wrenches are for cup and cone hubs like shimano, whereas hope take sealed cartridge bearings
oh, ok, thanks nbt.
I need to spend an evening with the bike out and that video running I think. I guess I also need the tool to get the cassette off before I do any of that though.
cheers.
What type of axles on the Pro IIs? Just having had mine apart for the first time a couple of weeks ago, I can't really see where play would come from within the hubs - and if it was the cartridge bearings, they'd have to be *really* stuffed.
If your rear hub is anything like mine, don't be surprised if getting the cassette off ends up taking your entire freehub body off - it seems a common problem. The Pro II freehub body is a bit soft, and I found that my cassette had dug into it. Something [url= http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/workshop/20410-hope-pro-ii-gouged-free-hub-body-normal.html ]like this.[/url] Though mine are worse than that :/
In the end, it took pulling, fighting, and a light tap with a rubber mallet to separate them. I filed down the burrs on the freehub body so I could put the cassette back on later.
try sheldon brown's webpage bible as well
thanks both. I've got a Pro II on the front with the Pike Maxle and an older (2005) Hope hub on the back. I'm wondering whether to get the front serviced and get a new Pro II on the back - with an Alps trip in July I want to make sure its up for the job!