Review & 3 min Strip & Rebuild Hope Pro 5 Hubs 

Love Hope hubs, the problems you mention are down to lack of routine maintenance. They are so easy to pull apart and check for wear & tear, so no excuses really. Seems that some people wait until it breaks rather than maintaining it.

Just about to recieve my first set soon. This info will be invaluable, Thanks a lot!

I like it. I have a set of 2 Evo that I've had come off an old QR standard mtb. Converted for a boost spaced bikepacking mtb. And now standard non-boost on my gravel bike. Do all the maintenance on them myself. Definitely a bike component I've gotten my money's worth with. I know other companies have that cross compatibility now too. But it was Hope's design that got me over the mental inertia of pulling apart my own hubs. I'll always be a fan.

DT for me. I’ve had both Hopes and 240s for ages, the DTs have been faultless whereas I had issues with both Hope rear hubs. The Pro2 ss developed a mushroomed axle, while the Pro 4 had a wobble right out of the box. Other than that the DTs are considerably lighter and never skip, unlike any pawl hub. I ran a King for a while as well, work of art but it needed too much service and I had to readjust the bearing preload all the time.

I have the Pro4’s 20Five Hope Wheelset on my Gravel Winter bike and they’ve never failed me. Cheers for the first look😊👍

4:09 Here are some of my hacks on Pro4: I put grease in the groove in the freehub to seal it even more. light coat of grease on everything. But on one of the hubs the pawls did rust some on the side. But this would still not stop water ingress completely, but helped.

Really nice video!

Would be nice if NTN/SKF/FAG/etc made 17x28x7 bearings, until then I'll stick to hubs with ISO bearings.

Surgeon master of Hope.

nice 👍

Had my rear pro5 drive side hub bearing fail and it damaged the axle and hub casing considerably but not end of life, this was after 6 months of consistent high powered usage, "Hope" wont do warranty. Fair call though as its an ebike. Bearings need regular changing on e-Bikes well this is what I'm learning as the power is obviously taking a toll. I would like someone to come out with a bullet proof hub to withstand the eBike power and not fail after 6 months, happy to pay the money for reliability and durability. Lesson learnt don't be complacent !! Check your hubs for any play and replace bearing before catastrophic mechanical failure.

Brilliant been waiting for someone to strip a hope pro 5 and show us the details of these awesome hubs

Love how the press matches the color. What if it was made in the same factory as hub shells... All the best for Sally too!

I wish I could run anything else, but I've still got 135mm dropouts on my mtb since I refuse to give up 26" wheels. Nobody else really makes premium hubs at that size.

I'm sure Sally's pro 5 hubs will hold up fine, in my experience most hub issues are caused by overzealous hosepipe/pressure washing .

Great vid as always. The biggest difference for me will be the engagement. the point something deg or what ever it was, actually was too little for me, but just enough to not be annoying, but be usable even for techy climbs, but I did notice difference switching to DT Swiss with 52T ratchet, 6 point something. But it did jam up during subzero temps sometimes, the ratchet in the freehub got stuck. Yes with the Special Grease. But I suspect Hope Pro 5 will be problem free. The new seal looks promising. Old one needed a screwdriver and some force or the Hope seal tool, which makes it easy. I love the idea of the circlip the pawls in place, but this was never an issue for me. Nor have I had issues with the axle, but I took great care of them, but I did not continue riding with worn out bearings resulting in the freehub jamming up. When I noticed the wear I had to change the bearings. A good way to tell if freehub causes locking up and chain suck happening, is to loosen the trough axle, if that solves it, bearings are worn out, and going past that will ruin the axle. A great thing with Hope 4 was I could not get it to not engage even over greasing it a bit, and even with the proper amount of grease in -10C. But if I overdid it with the grease too much it did make the hub sticky, but usually went away in a ride if it was in the winter, but going crazy with the grease covering everything completely clogging it up is not a good idea of course. I just experimented to see what was too much. So a bit too much should not be a problem, but going completely crazy with it will be problematic. it just worked, but got silent then of course, I tried it with chain lube, it got silent even then.

Excellent teardown and level of detail, thanks! Also Hope, Wera, Wheels Mfg, and a Unior Hub Genie, nice! But where's the meths? 😂 Shame about the bearings but I guess they are committed now.

10:27 I think you meant Hub Genie. Looks like a nice too. I had to use pliers sometimes, but that can leave a mark. so this tool is interesting. I think you got confused with Hope's own products, Hope Head Doctor(compression plug), Hope Grip Doctor. I have a Hope Head Doctor on my bike.

Is that the same ridley from the graphic designer you built up ages ago with campag chorus groupset? Thing of beauty that was

That 'classic blue grease' is Mobil XPH 222 in case anyone is wondering.

I think the look to be a really good hub if your bike can use them, but Hope should offer them in black and polished silver.

I would like you to take a look at the new Shimano sealed bearing hubs if possible. Haven't seen them out in the wild but they do exist on the website. TC600 and TC500.

Does anyone know if the 54poe ebike free hub is compatible with the normal pro 5 135mm ? I assume it is but no clear information I can find on it.

Ich brauche genau dieses Werkzeug

I use hBN powder in all parts

I still have the Hope Pro 2 on a vintage wheelset - it worked flawlessly over the years, but, sadly, I`d choose DT hubs for a new set of wheels. They are just as reliable but simpler to maintain: no seals, ratchet is much quicker to clean and regrease than pawls.

hey what about race face vault compare to this hope hubs???

Can the cassette and hub be pulled in the field and reinstalled like a DT Dwiss 350 for emergency broken spoke replacement since the seals just snap in, instead of the seal tool necessary as on the Hope Pro 4?

I read one person mention that they use oil for the pawls on the Pro5 instead of grease of the earlier versions not but nobody is mentioning this. Wouldn't lubricating the pawls be one of the most important things to show here?

What about the bearings in the freehub (there are 2 I'm right)? How do you take them off the freehub?

I've recently bought a Hope pro 5 wheelset. I have XD body but I can't remove the top cap, it's really stuck. How do you remove it? Is it necessary to remove the top cap to install a cassette?

LOL, its easy to strip and rebuild a hub in minutes when its not built into a wheel. Sick hubs though, quite likely to be part of my next trail bike build.

Can you use the new springs on a pro 4 freehub will they fit

It looks like a fine product. I might argue that a cheap hub might serve as well. Many wheels are tossed into the bin when they get tacoed along with the hubs. Those nonstandard bearings might discourage repair of said wheel. For a road bike, I don't get the need for all those points of engagement. For a mountain bike or trials bike, it makes perfect sense. The proliferation of proprietary freehubs makes getting replacement at a bikeshop unlikely. YOUR TOUR IS OVER!

Are springs for the pro 5 available anywhere yet?

will the pro 5 freehub fit a pro 4 hub

I'm a big fan of Hope Pro hubs.. and have have a ten year old pair that have stood up to the very worst of our Irish winters. I just wish Hope would sell their straight pull road/rim brake hubs to the public.. I even emailed them several times, but they will only sell me a complete wheel set which incorporates their straight pull road hubs...but they do sell their MTB straight pull hubs separately for some inexplicable reason... ????

Hope Pro 5 vs dt swiss 240 exp?

yeah bearings are not cheap from hope

I can hardly hear mine. Not happy Jan.